When I entered inpatient treatment for the third (and final) time, one of the tasks every resident had to complete every day was to make the bed. I don’t know about you, but such a chore seemed wholly beneath me. I mean, what we’re those guys running there, a gulag?!
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Human beings have had access to mind-altering chemicals since the dawn of time. Alcohol, of course, is probably the world’s oldest recreational drug. And that one’s tricky regarding addiction because some cultures— including our own—have incorporated alcohol as a foodstuff. Wine is a nice accompaniment to a dish of pasta, and beer and brats seem to just naturally go together. What muddies the water, even more, is that some people can have a shot of single-malt whiskey or a highball now and then and not go off the rails in full-blown addiction.
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by Chris Freeman Let me continue my story by quoting Dr. Bob, co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous as he wrote in the Big Book of AA on page 161 from the Chapter, “Doctor Bob’s Nightmare” – “If you still think you are strong enough to beat the game alone, that is your affair. But if you
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by Daniel D. Maurer Addicts and alcoholics can be sneaky. I sure know I was. Others might care less whether or not you find out they’re abusing substances. With both types of people, one thing is certain—if you become a threat to the continued use of a substance of choice (and if the person is
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By Chris Freeman From the text, Alcoholics Anonymous, There is a Solution – page 20. “You may already have asked yourself why it is all of us became so very ill from drinking. Doubtless, you are curious to discover how and why, in the face of expert opinion to the contrary, we have recovered from
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