My Alcoholism & Recovery

One of the most difficult times of the year for those recovering from alcoholism is the Christmas holidays. If you find yourself struggling during the Christmas season, please remember that you are not alone. Help is only a phone call or a meeting away! Here are some helpful and practical tips to keep you from […]

Alcoholism is a progressive disease that can take years to develop. Alcoholism can be defined as a disease in which the sufferer is compelled to drink, even though it is negatively affecting his relationships, his work and his family.
Men and women who aren’t pregnant can usually consume a drink a day without adverse health affects. […]

Yes, I have changed, it is fairly easy to see in my life. Just stopping drinking and drugging makes quite a big change anyway; but I have changed much more than that. I know this, my friends know this, the people I live with see it every day - but every now and […]

I have been hiding for a long time. I have avoided the lime light in any way whatsoever. I have avoid sticking my head above the paraquat. (spelling?)
Because of this I am failing in my life - not a great thing to see about my self. I stop doing things […]

Looking after myself is something that I have learned to do. I was not very good at just after I got sober, I could wash, brush my teeth, eat okay; however I had no real value system in my life. Well I had, it had been drink and use as much as possible and try […]

The thought of having to think when I was an active teen drinker…  well it just never happened, but here is what goes on now.
I hate making any large decision. I become very scared of what might happen. Many of my decisions in the past have ended up fairly crap, but not so much since […]

Yesterday was my sober anniversary. It did not feel like just
another day. When I was first getting sober I found it imposable to
imagine that I would ever be this long without a drink. And on the
occasions that I could I imagined it, I thought of someone whose life
would be more. More of what I am […]

It took me a while to stop drinking. I went to alcoholics anonymous
meetings for a while and kept drinking, eventually I stopped and it has
been a few years now, thank God.
However during the time of slipping and sliding I remember someone
talking about relationships at a meeting. They said something about
being able to look after a […]

Alcoholic: Just go straight to hell and make a u-turn.
Being a part of something is more important that being the center of attention.
AA is the only place where you can walk into a room full of strangers and reminisce.
AA romance…. the odds are good… but the goods are odd.
Look for a way in; not […]

Discipline a word that I always hated. Really it just meant doing things that I did not want to do. When I look back at my life I avoided as much as I could anything I did not want to do. A bit childish I now think. Not being prepared to trade off those boring […]