M E M B E R P R O F I L E
fairbanks28
every day is a good day
I'm a 28 year old professional male. I have been sober for over 4 years and am a recovering alcoholic and cocaine addict. Being sober is the most important thing in my life. In order to get to this place I went to both a short and long term rehab program that helped equip me with the tools I needed to maintain a sober way of life.
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Addiction and Recovery: The Journey
This blog talks about the day to day of being sober. It will deal with the things that sobriety has enabled me to do, the types of things that help me stay sober and the situations that confront me that challenge sobriety what I've learned by staying clean and sober through them.'
Part of getting sober is clearing away the wreckage of the past. My wreckage is prrrrrreeeettttttty knarley. Several months after making one of my amends I was faced with the reality of what I did. Sitting across from the person I had harmed, facing what
I guess the point of this whole deal called sobriety is to be responsible and accountable... well I mean after you actually stop drinking and using that is.
Reviewing my time in sobriety thus far reveals an amazing ammount of old behavior. Lying and cheat
Addicts and alcoholics are quick to blame others for their troubles; Something to do with taking responsibility for our actions. Regardless of this fact it is important to know that our disease has created a support system within our network of family and
One plus one does not equal two in recovery. Results are exponential. Exponentially bad and exponentially good depending on what I do. Taking positive action builds self esteem. Taking negative action destroys self esteem. Alcoholism and recovery from it
If you are an alcoholic or drug addict you are familiar with sabotage... particularly as it pertains to your own life. I'm talking about self sabotage; the process by which we destroy our own lives from the inside out. Enlisting the help of my employers,
Departing from my usual instruction manual/history of getting f-ed up and staying sober I am just going to rant. Mostly I am doing it because, well, I am in a position to do so and I've got some sh-t on my mind. I promise though it has to do with being a
Rounding out our tutorial of Greek mythology has to be the familiar image of Scylla and Charybdis. The consummate double threat these sea monsters posed to Odysseus and Aeneas as described by Homer and Virgil respectively in their epics, is much the same
Well I inadvertently confused Prometheus with SIsyphus in my last blog post... and that confusion is actually useful. Sisyphus was the dude in Hades that was condemned to roll the stone up repeatedly for all eternity. Prometheus had the weight of the worl
I am paraphrasing Voltaire and also twisting the meaning of this saying to suit my needs... my mind has been playing tricks on me. It is playing revisionist historian not only to my horrid experience with drugs and alcohol but also to all of those who hav
Relapse is a part of recovery... that is what I was told when I first entered treatment. My alcoholic/addict mind took this to mean that I was allowed to use again. Clearly my mind was still warped because the point of that statement is something far diff
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