by Dan Griffin http://dangriffin.com/archives/2454 This is not the festive blog topic you may have been hoping for and that I had even hoped to write, but I can’t get this Penn State scandal out of my mind and it weighs heavy on my heart. So, this post is one that is very important as we [...]
Continue Reading...By Anonymous I started drinking when I was around eleven years old. I stayed with my brother and his wife just outside of Gallup, New Mexico. We were poor. The smell of beans and fresh tortillas symbolized home to me. I slept in a bed with three other children, where we huddled close to keep [...]
Continue Reading...Addiction is a brain disease, not a choice, says the American Society of Addiction Medicine By Missy Wilkerson Described in the Alcoholics Anonymous Big Book as “cunning, baffling, powerful,” addiction often seems as inscrutable as the human mind itself. Its reach is widespread: Else Pedersen, executive director of Bridge House, estimates 10 to 15 percent [...]
Continue Reading...The following interview is a story that needs to be retold and is daily in the rooms of Alcoholics Anonymous. The details may vary, but the results are the same whether it is a famous celebrity or an average person. We addicts have the same choices; Recovery and Life or Death, Institutions and Jails. Thank [...]
Continue Reading...We are pleased to invite anyone, with a problem with alcohol and currently in recovery for at least one year, to send us something you have written about recovery. We are all story tellers and that innate ability has helped many of us share about ourselves and uncover truths, as well as assist others find [...]
Continue Reading...This is from my friend Heidi @ http://goodlifenoalcohol.wordpress.com/ Please check out her blog and support her. The functional alcoholic (not in recovery) is still attempting to control his own life and manage his secret addiction. He is a willing subject of King Alcohol. Therefore he hasn’t hit “bottom.” He is not ready to consider getting [...]
Continue Reading...The story of my life and my 45 years of alcohol and drug abuse, how I recovered and what my life is like now is intended to help others recover. It is an illustration that we can end this debilitating disease’s devastation of our families. We have a choice and an opportunity to ensure that [...]
Continue Reading...The disease of alcoholism is a gradual deteriorative affliction that devastates entire families and will continue to do so unless the alcoholic member takes action to live a life of sobriety, physically and mentally. It affects the person who is addicted to alcohol, that person’s family and everyone who interacts with that person. Consider the [...]
Continue Reading...by Lauran Neergaard: Associated Press Addiction isn’t just about willpower. It’s a chronic brain disease, says a new definition aimed at helping families and their doctors better understand the challenges of treating it. “Addiction is about a lot more than people behaving badly,” says Dr. Michael M. Miller of the American Society for Addiction Medicine. [...]
Continue Reading...by Fran Dancing Feather Everyone who has lived past the age of five years old knows that in the springtime, the leaves return to the trees. You don’t even have to go outside. Just look out a window and contemplate the color green against the spring and summer sky. There is a message there from [...]
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