Category Archives: Nothing is Everything
In Memoriam: Bill Zeller
Sad news comes our way today about the passing of a fellow traveler. Others have written far more eloquently than we can at this time…I’ll just sum it by saying that, as with so many of us, his was a … Continue reading
Happy Thanksgiving
Just a quick post to wish everyone in the States a Happy Thanksgiving. We at LearnAboutRehab.com have much to be thankful for, most of all our daily sobriety. Without the grace of our higher power, and the support of those … Continue reading
We’re Only As Sick As Our Secrets
There are a number of catch-phrases, cliches, and mottoes you will hear while in recovery or working with someone in recovery. Perhaps the most famous is “One Day at a Time.” It’s easy to repeat them, or to mindlessly spit … Continue reading
People Who Died
- The Jim Carroll Band, “People Who Died“, 1980 This article is one of the hardest to write but one that each of us felt was perhaps the most important of those we could write. Addiction kills. Alcoholism kills. They … Continue reading
Can’t Find My Way Home
Image via Wikipedia Come down off your throne and leave your body alone Somebody must change You are the reason I’ve been waiting so long Somebody holds the key Well, I’m near the end and I just ain’t got the … Continue reading
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Rehab Diary: Day 2
Image via Wikipedia Day two of my journey in rehabilitation and (hopefully at least) recovery began much like Day One….but worse. A knock on the door, waking me from a fitful sleep, telling me that we would depart for “the … Continue reading
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The Veteran
Image via Wikipedia Hi, my name is Gretchen, and I am an alcoholic. This is a fragment of a thing I wrote while I was in rehab trying to kick the habit I’d developed of being a “closet drunk”, drinking … Continue reading
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Interesting Fact About Alcoholics
Image via Wikipedia It is an interesting fact about alcoholics that we do not particularly care for being told what to do. Someone tells us we “have to do” something and we are automatically, viscerally turned against the proposed thing. … Continue reading
Simple Tests for a Complex Problem
Simple tests for complex problems do not work. The disease of alcoholism is recognized and defined by Alcoholics Anyonymous as (among other things) “cunning, baffling, and powerful.” I believe this to be very accurate. Regrettably, alcoholism is not a disease … Continue reading
Recognising & Dealing With Physical Addiction
Image via Wikipedia Hi my name is Jack and I am a stage 4 alcoholic. I don’t want to focus too much in this article on the different stages of alcoholism – not because I think information about the other … Continue reading