goodbye

Well I am starting this blog because for ages now I have wanted to type out what I have been experiences since September of 2007. It's more or less to clear my conscience out hoping that it will allow for a lot of healing and growth. Moreover, it is to share my experience with the rest of you who have gone through or are going through this thing we call 'life'.

First and foremost I have been drinking since 1996. It is now 2008 so, going on 12 years almost. 'Almost' being the...

I have this job I love.
I have a job where I rattle the cage.
Rattle the cage and to stir something deep within.
Something painful, something joyful, something meaningful! Something comes up.
I rattle a cage, shake the tree limb, shine a light, raise a thought, make a statement, present an observation, and witness.
I have a job I love.
A job that requires a great deal of courage. Some days I am afraid to say what I see. Some days I am afraid that you...

In a post congratulating me on my two-year-sober mark, a fellow SR member asked me how the second year sober compares to the first year. I think the first thing that strikes me is how much your perspective changes in the course of a year. I liken it to having the flu. Let me explain.

A few years back I was sick a week with the flu, as sick as I can remember being. After a week I felt better. After two weeks I felt even better. After three weeks I would have told you I was back to...

Hello, my name is DRUGS - I destroy homes, tear families apart, take your children, and that's just the start. I'm more costly than diamonds, more costly than gold, the sorrow I bring is a sight to behold. And if you need me, remember I'm easily found, I live all around you, in schools and in town. I live with the rich, I live with the poor, I live down the street, and maybe next door. My power is awesome; try me, you'll see. But if you do, you may NEVER break free. Just try me once and I might...