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Day 5 – Celebrating Freedom

Freedom (Photo credit: Josef Grunig) How awesome is it to celebrate freedom from the slavery of drugs and alcohol?  Once a drudgery of self-loathing and hatred, when I put down the drink and the drug,...

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Day 8 – Control

Self Control (film) (Photo credit: Wikipedia) “You cannot always control circumstances, but you can control your own thoughts.” ~ Charles Popplestown Wouldn’t I just love to control everything,...

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I Tanked On The Blog Challenge!

Writing (Photo credit: jjpacres) Yes I did.  Ha!!  I have so much going on that I could not put together a post for every day of the month to publish for my readers.  I am truly, deeply sorry.  I am...

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Relapse – When Does It Begin?

Photo: http://www.ClarityWay.com I was forwarded an interesting article about relapse today and it got me thinking… When does relapse begin?  The article is here if you want to check it out: 7 Habits...

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Truth & Lies

Leopard-Optical-Illusion (Photo credit: The Foo Fighter) I think too much, and while that usually is a bad thing… today, I was thinking about how when I was active in my addiction and even shortly...

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Hope – It Keeps Me Hanging On

Music guitar (Photo credit: @Doug88888) Not sure if you ever saw the movie “Shawshank Redemption,” but there is a great scene in that film regarding ‘hope.’  Tim Robbins’ character has it and Morgan...

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Being Me…

Dance Floor (Photo credit: enric archivell) Okay, so I’m an alcoholic.  I was probably born one, but didn’t catch on until my late twenties.  Further, I didn’t do anything about it until my early...

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Things That Are Fun (While Sober)!

Picnic (Photo credit: Carlos López Molina) When I first got sober it was in late May of 2006.  I immediately found some meetings to go to and when a person goes to meetings, they find out about...

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Why Methadone Was Not An Option… For Me

Turkey (Photo credit: wattpublishing) I started drinking at an early age.  It became a way for me to stomach myself each time I looked in the mirror or engaged with other humans.  I never thought it...

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Musical Recovery! – An Interview With Ted Brown

Music guitar (Photo credit: @Doug88888) Hi Ted, thanks for agreeing to do an interview with me. First off, I want to congratulate you on your clean time. It is a rough road I know personally, but very...

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