Comments on: Trying to White Knuckle it http://www.whatwinnersdo.com/trying-to-white-knuckle-it/ Stories, Struggles And Success of A Recovering Addict Trying to Do What Winners Do Wed, 28 Jul 2010 09:54:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Charles Hadden http://www.whatwinnersdo.com/trying-to-white-knuckle-it/comment-page-1/#comment-2276 Charles Hadden Mon, 24 Mar 2008 13:28:56 +0000 http://www.whatwinnersdo.com/trying-to-white-knuckle-it/#comment-2276 I went cold turkey about 2.5 weeks ago. Things are getting better. Though I felt better before I acted worse. It took total control of me and I started raging uncontrollably. The Dr. said it was my fault and threw me out! They announced that in Colorado Springs suicide is 2nd highest in the nation. I wonder why! They hand out the psychotropics like candy here. I don't want to tick anyone off, but I adjusted my believing on "CERTAIN" addictions. Mainly Alcoholism. Though it is a problem, most of it is a convenient excuse society has given us so that we can drink without guilt! It's not an issue of being able to control it. There is nothing there to control. That is once the initial 1 to 3 day detox. Now if I can get rid of the tumors, loss of hair, gut and itching without taking my skin off with a knife. I went cold turkey about 2.5 weeks ago. Things are getting better. Though I felt better before I acted worse. It took total control of me and I started raging uncontrollably. The Dr. said it was my fault and threw me out! They announced that in Colorado Springs suicide is 2nd highest in the nation. I wonder why! They hand out the psychotropics like candy here. I don’t want to tick anyone off, but I adjusted my believing on “CERTAIN” addictions. Mainly Alcoholism. Though it is a problem, most of it is a convenient excuse society has given us so that we can drink without guilt! It’s not an issue of being able to control it. There is nothing there to control. That is once the initial 1 to 3 day detox. Now if I can get rid of the tumors, loss of hair, gut and itching without taking my skin off with a knife.

]]> By: The Discovering Alcoholic http://www.whatwinnersdo.com/trying-to-white-knuckle-it/comment-page-1/#comment-18 The Discovering Alcoholic Sat, 14 Apr 2007 05:27:08 +0000 http://www.whatwinnersdo.com/trying-to-white-knuckle-it/#comment-18 It has always been easier for me to learn through the actions and comments of others. As I discover more about myself and my recovery, I am more willing to implement these lessons. It may be a character flaw that I have a problem discerning the nature and origin of many of my own actions, but it matters not as long as I am willing to learn from others and not become judgemental. I have learned just as much from people who have a few hours of sobriety as I have from those with thirty. <a>The Discovering Alcoholic</a> It has always been easier for me to learn through the actions and comments of others. As I discover more about myself and my recovery, I am more willing to implement these lessons. It may be a character flaw that I have a problem discerning the nature and origin of many of my own actions, but it matters not as long as I am willing to learn from others and not become judgemental. I have learned just as much from people who have a few hours of sobriety as I have from those with thirty.

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