I have taken the next step in the recovery process. Many people in recovery have heard the saying, “To keep it, you have to give it away.”
I am trying to do my part in the community by making myself available to others who are still suffering from drug and alcohol addiction.
I would like to extend […]
Posted on November 8th, 2007 by The User
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When the weather is nice I like to fire up the grill. In days past firing up the grill also meant at least a 6 pack of Mike’s Hard Cranberry Lemonade. Although it is easy to remember that when I take even one drink the obsession takes over (and I wake up the […]
Posted on August 28th, 2007 by The User
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I found one of my secrets on PostSecret.com:
My wife makes more money than me and probably always will. She is brilliant and has worked so hard to achieve everything she has accomplished. She is the reason I will be able to live the life I am becoming accustomed to. Thank you. I appreciate you more […]
Posted on August 20th, 2007 by The User
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Abraham Maslow, psychologist, humanist, circa mid-1900’s.
He is most noted for his hierarchy of needs that he developed in an attempt to explain the behaviors governing human motivation.
It is my experience that you can have some of the higher needs met without one or more of the lower needs intact, that is, assuming at some point […]
Posted on August 8th, 2007 by The User
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One hour it’s good, one hour it’s bad.
I knew the time was coming I just wasn’t sure when. I was on the way to the store the other day when I noticed I was out of cigarettes. I desperately wanted NOT to buy them so, instead, I went to the pharmacy and bought nicotine patches. […]
Posted on July 31st, 2007 by The User
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What sobriety has brought to my life is irreplaceable. I say that will 100% honesty.
This is also 100% honest. I get jealous sometimes. I see people who can control their drinking and I get mad at them. Some days the longing to drink responsibly overwhelms me (this is not to be […]
Posted on July 27th, 2007 by The User
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This following list was written by William L. White who has a masters degree in addiction studies. I read it and said “DUH” to most of them but one in particular has been instrumental in my recovery - number 3. Number 3 enables all of the others to happen. It should […]
Posted on July 19th, 2007 by The User
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I awoke in a daze, unsure of what had happened the night before. What I remember, quite clearly, was going to see a movie, coming home, playing two games of Yahtzee, then going to bed.
My dreams were the culprit for the morning’s confusion.
I hadn’t had a using dream for months. In the early […]
Posted on July 15th, 2007 by The User
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I’ve committed murder with words. I misrepresented someone of great importance to me for so long that in the minds of many people she is dead. I didn’t always lie, I just carefully chose what parts of a story to tell.
The truth is, I didn’t know enough of the story to be […]
Posted on July 1st, 2007 by The User
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I guess that is why I checked in to the Pinellas County facility this past Wednesday! Because I MUST still be a loser! I have not posted to this site in a while because I have been excited about losing my ‘loserlike’ qualities, but all it took was a blast from the Texas past to […]
Posted on June 18th, 2007 by The Loser
Filed under: kids, Life Can Rock, Losers, Life Can Suck | 2 Comments »
