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The Discovering Alcoholic in Japan
One of my biggest fears as a pre-recovery alcoholic was that I would be forever tied down to the backroom of a church or community center… an AA sanctuary. Even though I was in reality already...
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12 Steps: Not How Many, But How Much
There’s little I can disagree with in a recent Time article titled Battling Addiction: Are 12 Steps Too Many? 12 step recovery plans are not the only path to sobriety. Cognitive behavioral therapy and...
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The New Brew
There’s no gentle way to say it, I am a coffee slut. I’m just as likely to down a quick and dirty instant coffee as I am to patiently savor a cup made from finely burr ground, fresh roasted beans...
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Low Man on the Totem Pole?
Recently a reader asked my take on higher power and spirituality; specifically whether or not I believed that the acceptance of and submission to a Power greater than myself is what distinguishes...
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Helping the Alcoholic in Recovery
Thank you author and speaker Lisa Frederiksen of Breaking the Cycles for this regular series sharing her decades long experience of dealing with family alcoholism and alcohol abuse. Click here to see...
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Alcoholics Anonymous Meeting Etiquette Hints
Hint #72: In order to facilitate recovery (and life), one should refrain from robbing others at the meeting. A robber who walked into the Columbia downtown Alcoholics Anonymous center, pulled out a...
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Big Book Birthday
The famous blue “Big Book” of Alcoholics Anonymous turns 70 this month and will probably pass the mark of 30 million copies sold later this year. In addition to discovering that the first edition...
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Denial – The Big Bad and Ugly of It!
Promoted to the front page from the user blogs, you can click here to find past blogs by Toby12321. Denial, along with lying and selfishness, is part of the unholy trinity of alcoholism. Not only in...
View ArticleThe TDA Abbreviated 12 Step Program for the Spiritually Challenged
• Step 1 – Admitted we were powerless over our addiction – that our lives had become unmanageable • Step 2 – Admitted, said out loud, and meant, to ourselves and to many others our nature and the...
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Anonymity Not Mandatory
There seems to be a little bit of confusion not only with the general public but also in the blogosphere that everyone in recovery should try their best to remain anonymous. I know that much of this...
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Ditto: No Commentary Necessary
Traveling hard this week and with another early morning and difficult meeting on the schedule I feared that tonight’s update would suffer. Never fear though, I ran across one of those rare pieces that...
View ArticleStevie Ray Vaughan – A Grateful Alcoholic
I want thank friend and TDA contributor Screedler for sharing this post of two topics- famous alcoholics and speaker meetings. Stop! – before reading this post please start playing the video posted...
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Famous Alcoholics: Two Thumbs Up for Roger Ebert
We seldom agree on movies and almost never on politics and the issues but Roger Ebert and I do have at least one thing in common, we are both recovering alcoholics. Mr. Ebert is celebrating his 30th...
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Top 5 AA Meeting Tips for Newcomers
I have 15 years of uninterrupted sobriety and yet I still feel out of place sometimes when it comes to going to a new AA meeting. When I think about it though, it’s not the AA meeting itself that is...
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Wired – The “Secret of AA”
One of my favorite magazines; Wired, featured a lengthy article on Alcoholics Anonymous in its June issue this summer. Titled ”Secret of AA: After 75 Years, We Don’t Know How It Works“, the piece...
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To Digg, or Not To Digg
Digg had several alcohol and addiction related items today in their top 10 most dugg stories. The second most dugg story today was about how PBR is no longer cool (it never was with me) as a nation of...
View ArticleUnder The Influence
Elle King’s follow up to her massive hit Ex’s & Oh’s, Under the Influence is probably about love, but then again a lot of people love alcohol and drugs. She is the daughter of actor and comedian...
View ArticleFiorina Reveals Family Substance Abuse Tragedy in Debate
Believe it or not, I watched most of the Republican Presidential Debate on Wednesday. The standout moment for me, being in recovery was Fiorina and this preface to her comments on drug policy, during...
View ArticleA Kennedy Comes Out
One of the most interesting and worthwhile interviews about addiction I have seen on 60 Minutes in some time. One time congressman and son of Ted Kennedy, Patrick opens up about how his problem and our...
View ArticleTDA Halloween Challenge
This creepy 35 second Hanna Barbera anti-drug PSA has the best catchphrase ever at the end. Happy Halloween!!!
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