Hard Choices
It’s a trap! EDIT: After a comment received from a lovely reader who goes by an intriguing moniker, i’ve noticed the following post is unusually depressing, especially for me. Before you read on, i’d...
View ArticleUnstuck in a Rut
Change the Routine So many of the advantages to being sober are the free things. The things you don’t have to work for or struggle to achieve. For example, while reading Bye Bye Beer’s marvelous post...
View ArticleAdventure-us
Or Not-so-Clear History Overheard in the an AA meeting tonight: When I was drinking, I had a lot of adventures only I wasn’t there to enjoy them. What cracked me up was that no one in the room batted...
View ArticleCelebriety: Keith Urban
Country music musician Keith Urban and i have one thing in common: we both think Nicole Kidman is hot. Other than that, our taste in music and approaches to sobriety are pretty divergent. While his...
View ArticleLosing My AA Life
Living On The Edge Don’t let life AA gives you, take you away from your AA life. This expression could just as well be, “Don’t let the life recovery gives you take you away from your recovery life.”...
View ArticleMy drinking days are over–for good
Then it hit me: I can never have another drink for the rest of my life. What a depressing thought. The other day in a meeting, a newcomer shared that sentiment. Anyone who’s been in recovery for any...
View ArticleProdigal Drinker
There’s a parable in this one book called the Bible about two brothers. One of them is a good son and helps out his dad and is an all around hard worker, but his brother is a real asshole who only...
View ArticleDrinking is no Adventure and Sobriety isn’t Boring
Live the Adventure The theme of my AA home group meeting is “Adventures in Sobriety”. Initially, i was kind of uncomfortable with this topic because i was afraid the meetings would only remind me of...
View ArticleCelebriety: Colin Farrell
Colin Farrell has been sober since 2006 and i was surprised to see he and i have something in common other than our devilishly good looks and top model sex life. We were both binge drinkers and both...
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