The Last Chance
"Almost Forgotten"
01/02/2009 1:44 am
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I started writing to save my life. Even today, but most especially in the earliest days of my recovery the act of writing helped me maintain perspective and focus. I wrote in a medium that was publi...
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A Dozen Steps
"Staying In The Moment"
01/01/2009 9:57 pm
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One day at a time…
Sure, its nice to make all those wonderful plans, goals and resolutions - isn’t it? You sure sound good!
Um Hmmm - until roomie brings the meeting back to reality. :)
Ok...
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The Discovering Alcoholic
"2009: History We Make Today"
01/01/2009 5:55 pm
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History is more or less bunk. It's tradition. We don't want tradition. We want to live in the present and the only history that is worth a tinker's damn is the history we make today. ~ Henr...
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Daily Piglet
"hasn?t stabbed anyone ever"
01/01/2009 4:38 pm
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the other night my son was taking a bath, i walked in and he sang, “surprise! surprise! the hippies don’t want to pay taxes”!
he was rather impressed with himself, noticing my reacti...
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The Discovering Alcoholic
"Borkenstein?s Monster"
12/31/2008 6:04 pm
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Exactly eighty years ago tonight Indiana police introduced unsuspecting New Year?s revelers to the Drunkometer, the first utilitarian device that was used to calculate the blood alcohol level of dr...
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Daily Piglet
"urgent care lobby stuff"
12/30/2008 11:36 pm
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last week, i had to make another trip to the urgent care due my 2nd round of strep throat. it was kind of busy in there, evidently the whole town is sick.
i tried to pass the time in the lobby by pla...
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A Dozen Steps
"Yes, That?s Me"
12/30/2008 10:14 pm
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We sit in meetings, we offer others our experience, strength and hope, we share the stories of our lives.
Why?
I think the last paragraph of the preface of the Fourth Edition says it well;
“All ...
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The Discovering Alcoholic
"Staying Safe Doesn?t Mean Locked Away"
12/30/2008 5:44 pm
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Posts on how the recovering alcoholic/addict can stay safe during the New Year festivities are a dime a dozen right now. Have an escape plan, always keep a glass in your hand, have support...
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The Discovering Alcoholic
"Universal Health Care, the Next Prohibition?"
12/29/2008 11:08 pm
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A few days back TDA reader Norm sent me an article about UK insurers raising life insurance rates on people who exceed the recommended alcohol limit. Now in the ping pong match that is my ...
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A Dozen Steps
"Normal? What The Hell Is Normal???"
12/29/2008 9:17 pm
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Earthlings will not be able to understand this…
From Chap. 11 “A Vision For You”
“For most normal folks, drinking means conviviality, companionship and colorful imagination.
It...
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