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Breaking Up with My Addiction

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Sponsors tell you that writing things down helps, to journal the fight against addiction, having a record, getting things off your chest;  this is another twist to doing that and I must say I like it. Actor Colin Farrell has said that he has given up cigarettes but here is the interesting part: he wrote [...]

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Success and Recovery for Jane Lynch

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I am a fan of  Jane Lynch who plays Sue Sylvester in Glee. I get her dry stick it to you humor. My first Jane Lynch laugh attack was when she appeared in an episode of “My Name Is Earl” way back in 2008. She abducted Earl’s grown up idiot brother with naughty intentions. Jane [...]

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Amy Winehouse, relapse or cold turkey alcohol withdrawal?

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The sad and mysterious circumstances surrounding the death of Amy Winehouse have left me baffled. The unfortunate truth is that either account is believable. Her family says it was alcohol withdrawal. A drug dealer has come forward saying that he arranged for Amy to buy some drugs from another drug dealer referred to as “Mr. [...]

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Twenty-four Hours A Day

I already explained a little bit in my story that after I was released from my in-patient stay in a lock down psychiatric ward to detox, I attended an out-patient program. The out-patient program taught me one of the fundamentals of addiction recovery…stay in the day.

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A Recovering Addict Watching An Active Addict… It’s Torture

When we were in active addiction we couldn’t see ourselves for what we were until the very end when we finally surrendered and asked for help. No matter what others would tell us about how we looked or acted we somehow rationalized it as them having a problem… not us. Having an active addict in [...]

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Amy Winehouse At The Grammys

Amy Winehouse performed at the Grammys via satellite from London last night in her first televised performance since entering into rehab last month. “Yes I’ve been black but when I come back you’ll know, know, know”. I guess those Amy Winehouse lyrics from her song Rehab still ring true…even if she did end up saying [...]

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