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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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Rehab Diary: Life During Wartime
Image via Wikipedia We are up to 23 clients in the rehab facility now. The staff is struggling to keep up. This is the most clients they have ever had at one time. Two of the clients are only in … Continue reading
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Rehab Diary: Day 1
Image via Wikipedia I woke up alone and disoriented. And sweaty. I couldn’t quote the song at the time, I was so out of it, but looking back on the cloudy memories, I was definitely what The Band sung of … Continue reading
Rehab Diary: Day 0
Image via Wikipedia When I walked in the door of the inpatient treatment facility, I was drunk off my ass. I mean happy as a clam, reeking of booze, swaying and slurring my words drunk. I walked in “under my … Continue reading
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
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
Begin the Beguine
Image via Wikipedia Hi, my name is Ted, and I am an alcoholic. It’s very hard to know where to start writing in this blog. The subject matter is intensely personal and will at times be very painful for both … Continue reading