R is for Realizing We're Powerless
This one is a hard one for a lot of us alcoholics at first. We are so often pig-headed, stubborn and in such a desperate need to control...
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Q is for Quarantine Thoughts on Sobriety
Many of us are stuck in our homes and in our heads a lot more than we are used to these days. It can be a challenging place to be for us...
O & P are for Optimism & Pessimism
There are two quotes that come to mind when I think about the coin that holds optimism on one side and pessimism on the other. The first...
N is for Nicotine
Nicotine is alcohol's weird cousin often showing up to the party unexpectedly. For some of us it is the first thing we think of in the...
M is for Me, Myself and I
When we speak about isolation in alcoholism it is often about physical isolation. Making our worlds smaller and smaller in hopes of...
Running in the Time of Corona
Covid-19 has changed life dramatically for everyone. I have had quite a few conflicting feelings over the past week. Vacillating between...
L is for Listening
It seems like this should go without saying but we are a stubborn bunch, us alcoholics. It wasn't that I thought I knew it all but...
K is for Keep In Touch
It seems to take on a bit different meaning in the time of the coronavirus. As I write this there has been a 'shelter in place' mandate...
J is for John & Jerry Start a Podcast
Jerry reminded on a recent episode that we used to drunkenly Skype some seven or eight years ago. Bored and lonely we would smoke...
I is for It Gets Easier
I just turned forty-three. It is not how I expected at all. It is so much better. In all my years of drinking I always saw pain and...