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What Do We Mean By Insanity?

We hear the steps are supposed to restore us to sanity – but if you are early in recovery you might question the idea that you are or were ever insane.  Insanity sounds so extreme and so absolute – it sounds like a place we can’t come back from. We imagine men in little white [...]

Remembering Consequences of Drinking and Drugging

I have a good friend who is an immigration attorney. She was recently telling me about how recent immigrants or people applying to emigrate to the United States are very shocked when they learn past drug charges might make them ineligible to become permanent residents – sometimes they can’t even come into the United States [...]

Pre-Drinking Is a Warning Sign of Alcoholism

I remember pre-drinking well. I would have plans with a friend that included drinking, but I didn’t want to look like a lush and I knew I would want more to drink than was socially acceptable. The solution? Knock back a few before I left home.

One of the Ways I “Hid” My Drinking

I like to occasionally remember specific incidents during my drinking that really stick out as hallmarks of the alcoholic mind. They remind me that I wasn’t fooling anyone, except maybe myself. Right after college I moved into an apartment with two childhood friends. I had my own room, but it was a tiny cave in [...]

Drunkalogues

I don’t know why I love drunkalogues so much. Maybe it’s because they remind me just how crazy I was out there – but more importantly, it often shows me just how crazy it can get! I remember being told not to compare, but it’s hard not to compare. I think the reason they warn [...]