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It Only Took 23 Years!

It took me 23 years, seven residential treatment centers, numerous outpatient treatment, groups, sponsors, meetings, counselors, therapists, hospitals and jail to finally figure out that if I wanted to get sober and stay sober, I had to continue doing one thing – the same thing – not drinking. That’s it. That one thing. Everything elseContinue reading “It Only Took 23 Years!”

Some People Are NOT GETTING IT. They Don’t Want To.

And I know what that’s like because I refused to change my behavior for decades. I knew that to get and to stay sober I had to become a permanent non-drinker – I just refused to do it. Yesterday, I replied to a social network post where a woman who had experienced 32 years ofContinue reading “Some People Are NOT GETTING IT. They Don’t Want To.”

Is This Risky?

Rhonda Lee has been sober, for the 13th time, for two weeks and she wants to meet her girlfriend’s at the neighborhood pub. She’s not worried about putting herself at risk to relapse because she hasn’t had any alcohol for 14 days and she feels strong. Is this risky or is this just evidence ofContinue reading “Is This Risky?”