Browsing all posts in July, 2009.

Shocking Alcohol-Related Death

A shocking story came out of Essex, United Kingdom this week about a young man who died at age 22 due to cirrhosis of the liver. He did not qualify for a liver transplant because they require alcoholics to prove they can not drink alcohol for at least six months.  Apparently he started drinking at [...]

College Kids Drink Like Their Peers?

So this study just came out from Researchers from Oxford Brookes University in England. They reviewed 22 studies that included nearly 7,275 college students, most of themin the United States. They basically concluded that if they know their friends aren’t drinking as much as they think they are drinking, they will cut back their own [...]

Things That Seem to Have Nothing to Do with Sobriety (But Actually Do)

One of the things I have noticed through the years has been the way certain ways of acting can trigger very old patterns of behavior. For example, bad choices in relationships or doing something that isn’t 100% on the up and up – it’s like a little warning bell gets set off.  When I was [...]

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-07-19

For me, anxiety is a signal that something needs to change. I risk my progress in sobriety if I ignore that nagging feeling something is off # Powered by Twitter Tools.

Change Is Inevitable (Even When You Do Everything in Your Power to Avoid It)

I like to think of this as stasis vs. progress.  Now change isn’t always progress – sometimes I make less-than-desirable decisions. However, when I’m stuck, motionless, doing the same thing over and over, I start to get this udgy feeling (made up word – kind of a combination of ugh and yucky).  There’s no way [...]