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- I want to quit smoking so 5 days ago I set tomorrow as my quit date. I've smoked for 35 years. I stopped twice both times for about 4/5 months. Increasingly I became a very heavy smoker, smoking over 3 packs a day. The past 6 months I have been...
- 1) Drinking wrecked my life2) I kept doing it longer than any sane person would3) I became a shell of myself 4) I need to put humpty dumpty together again5) I seek out various methods to become a better me 6) I try to remain flexible in my...
- May I follow in the steps of the Bible story and enter into the pain and suffering of the cross. Laying my burdens at the foot of the cross and take refuge in the thought of the resurrection into new life each and everyday of my life.
- Hello everybody. This post may get a bit long so please indulge me. A day in the life with my girlfriend of 5 years:Back in November after a blowup with her family and I went to see a friend overnight we had a significant snow storm. Kathy has a...
- A double (what else) to get the ball rolling:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmp-HpXx824https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDxgSvJINlU
- Imagine a bar called Dionysus and Bacchus Place, where the gods are most certainly drunken crazy. Dion's or Bach's place as it is affectionately called by the regulars has 20 bar stools and serves the same 20 drunken sots everyday. Dion's or...
- To AA or not to AA, that is the question?Well here are my thoughts. And to express my feelings on declaring a truce and settling at least for a DMZ on the subject, if only for a bit...AND NOW FOR SOMETHING DIFFERENT to...
- The Beast/Disease as it is variously called must be resisted in order for me to deal with uncomfortable feelings from the past and in the present the best way possible. These uncomfortable feelings are the food in my being that keeps the...
- I think this person is right!!! ;)))http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/emotional-sobriety/201110/beware-spiritual-bypass
- A thought occurred to me this afternoon that there is no benefit in hating my alcoholism. It is indeed a part of me. Battling and feeling negatively towards the things in myself that led me to my destructive drinking is being being at war with a...
- Hopefully, even the most ardent supporter of AA will admit that AA is not for everyone, and that there are equally valid approaches to achieve a sober life. This is one such group (there are others):http://www.smartrecovery.org/Further, one...
- All my best for a safe and happy weekend. Hopefully, a sober one too!!! We're here for each other 24/7...
- Life can be very uncomfortable and seemingly unbearable at times without drinking, especially when we feel we need or want to stop. Perhaps, one useful question to ask is: Are we better able to manage those times in our lives that are seemingly...
- A song written, performed, and all instrumentals by my son. Guess he felt it too... https://soundcloud.com/zachary-robert-kondak/the-victim
- As another thread seems to be in danger of being derailed and do immense damage to a newcomer I'm starting this new topic.I would like to present an alternative view. We all experience discordant thinking meaning I want to drink, I don't want to...