buckstag
Status:
Mood:
Ok
Offline
- I thought this article was pretty good.http://rehab-international.org/blog/is-life-still-fun-without-alcoholCheers, Buck
- I still see a lot of our discussion group members referring to alcohol addiction as a disease. Is there any real disease where the cure is as simple as stopping the ingestion of alcohol? I can't think of any. Not a big deal but I think some people...
- My wife and I just got back from a 3 week self-planned and self-guided bicycle trip through Holland, Germany and Belgium. We had a great time following their wonderful bicycle route system and logged over 1500 miles. As a recent abstainer (almost 3...
- My state recently passed a law that shut down the state run liquor stores and allowed for sales of alcohol ("hard" booze) in most privately owned stores. I just read a statistic about this change based on studies conducted in other areas:Following...
- I keep seeing the term "drinking normally" pop-up in our discussions. Can anyone define that term for me? And is drinking normally the same as drinking responsibly? If someone drinks 2 or 3 beers every day, is that considered drinking normally? Of...
- I am just about to hit the one month mark for sobriety and it occurs to me that maybe making such a big deal out of the total days (months, years) we go without ingesting alcohol is a bit overdone. I mean, if I sincerely believe that alcohol is a...
- I just noticed an ad for Sauza Tequila in the margins of this discussion group website. It even had the phrase "Drink Responsibly". Had to laugh! How many of us actually enjoyed our first shot of straight tequila? Most people need to mix it into a...
- I just finished reading Stop Drinking Now by Allen Carr. I was impressed by his simple, common sense approach to dealing with an alcohol addiction. Carr's main theme is that we have been brainwashed to believe that alcohol ingestion in "moderate"...
- During my relentless research on the topic of alcohol addiction I came across the following statistics:- Only about 50 percent of the world's people consume all of its alcohol, and most of them are in the wealthier Northern hemisphere.- 48% of the...
- This is a funny and spot-on article related to alcohol addiction. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/10609993/Allison-Pearson-Ive-purged-the-poison-of-alcohol-from-my-life.htmlHope you enjoy it!
- I just finished a book by Kevin O'Hara titled "Stop Drinking Alcohol". While a little in need of further editing, the book was a good easy read and really resonated with me. Kevin has a very common sense attitude about the addiction to alcohol and I...
- At this point (10 days) into my second attempt for sobriety in 45 years, and after immersing myself in research on the subject, I don't believe the term "disease" fits what I know about the typical addiction to alcohol. Yes, you will likely do...
- Through my recent quest for sobriety I have started to research the actual physiological effects of alcohol on the human body. At this point I have come to the conclusion that alcohol (ethanol) consumption in any amount is bad for the body. While it...
- I am currently reading a book titled "Empowering Your Sober Self" and I just read the following passage and thought it was enlightening for me:"A small proportion of the heaviest drinkers drink the bulk of the beverage alcohol sold in the United...
- I watched a U-Tube video last night that I found to be a good match for me. Has anyone else reviewed this or read any of the books by Kevin O'Hara? This is the link:https://www.youtube.com/user/AlcoholMasteryTVThe video I watched was recorded after...