What…Me Sober?
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Hi, My name is Bill. I'm an alcoholic, addict, and codependent. My sobriety date is September 14th, 1989. You can find them under articles arranged according to Early Recovery, Family and Friends, and so forth. I'll be adding to them from time to time, so check back occasionally.
What…Me Sober?
7M ago
In some places, traps are made by cutting a hole in a coconut just big enough for a monkey’s hand, and then tying it to a tree with a banana inside. The monkey reaches in and grabs the banana, but gets stuck because it can’t get its hand out without letting go of the banana ..read more
What…Me Sober?
8M ago
“I think it’s really a part of the human condition that you’ve got to have some fun. You’ve got to get away from whatever you do to make a living or other parts of life that stress you out. I try to make it at least 50/50 fun to work and so far it’s worked ..read more
What…Me Sober?
9M ago
What is relapse? It's when you pick up a drink or a drug, or resume another addictive behavior -- right? Well, let's think about that ..read more
What…Me Sober?
10M ago
Even though alcohol, other drugs, and/or behavior may have been causing us misery and chaos for a very long time, for most of us their mood-altering effects were just about the only reliable things our lives. When we first get clean and sober, we find that the missing drugs and their rituals leave a big ..read more
What…Me Sober?
10M ago
You are made up of elements that were formed in the hearts of stars billions of years ago. But before you start feeling exceptional, remember that everything else is too ..read more
What…Me Sober?
10M ago
IT STARTED out innocently enough. I began to think at parties now and then — just to loosen up. Inevitably, though, one thought led to another, and soon I was more than just a social thinker ..read more
What…Me Sober?
11M ago
I just glanced at a program I have running in the system tray that keeps me abreast of system resources, and noticed that I only had 625 MB of RAM left available. I was rebooting Firefox to free up some more when I realized that (a.) there was still six-tenths of a gigabyte unused, and ..read more
What…Me Sober?
11M ago
No matter the space, water always makes itself fit. It can overcome fire. Over time, it carves out huge swaths of land, and it never stops flowing. Be patient, like water ..read more
What…Me Sober?
11M ago
When we first get into the rooms of recovery we hear lots of suggestions. Some of us take them seriously. Others see them as simplistic, and not applicable to people with experience/education/intelligence like ours. I plead guilty to a prolonged membership in that category; it didn’t help my recovery at all. I discovered, after paying ..read more