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Jim Morrison. Earnest Hemingway. Vincent Van Gogh. Charles Bukowski. These guys were just a few of my many excuses to keep drinking. They were, after all, creative and famous. And I was certain they got that way because they drank. So I had to keep drinking to achieve the same. Heck, if Bukowski’s real life …
Travel was such fun for everyone when I used to drink and fly, the entire airplane once erupted in cheers. That’s right. On an extended flight to Germany, all passengers cheered heartily and loudly – or so I was later told – after my hours-long drunken babble finally stopped because I passed out. Why flying …
Early recovery for me was a scary time for many reasons, with one of the most frightening thoughts being what to do if I were at a party, celebration or wherever – and someone asked if I’d like a drink. Egads! Since I was in no way willing to tell people I was in recovery, …
Turkey and beer clash miserably, but that doesn’t mean plenty of folks won’t be drinking on Thanksgiving. The drink count tends to get even higher for Christmas, Hanukkah and, of course, New Year’s Eve. Holiday outings, parties, family gatherings or even restaurant dinners can come with constant offers of everything from rum-laced eggnog to mistletoe …
Better than a snazzy pair of glasses or magenta hair dye, recovery is by far the best thing that ever happened to me. I’m always thrilled when I get the chance to share what I learned, experienced, and do to keep my recovery strong, so I figured I’d get into recovery coaching. Since I’ve been …
I take recovery meetings into the local jail as one way of giving back, and one time the whole room was howling so loud with laughter that a corrections officer actually came running down the hall to make sure there wasn’t a riot in progress. Yes, recovery can be fun. You may have even heard …
Dear Alcohol, It’s been 19 years today since we broke up. I would say our time together had been fun, but it really wasn’t. Sure, we may have hit it off at first – you wooing me with the promises of what you could give me. Confidence. Euphoria. Escape. But whatever you had initially provided, …