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Got The T-shirt · 05-18-2007, 07:35 PM

Recovery is realizing you don't have a disease. You have a drug addiction. Cancer is a disease. Diabetes is a disease. You don't buy either at the liquor store, or the dealers house.

Not that I know much about the subject. I only drank like a fish for 27 years, and used drugs on a Keith Richards or Dennis Hopper level for 30 years.

It's been 10 years no alcohol and 4 years no dope. I was literally snorting so much dope, I quit drinking (seriously).

Zencat · 05-22-2007, 10:32 AM

If that works for you, that’s all that matters.

good going!

CAS116 · 05-30-2007, 07:19 PM

i can think of two key words:

re discovery
re invention.

It means doing both.

It is a completely individual process. Defined by the individual; carried out by the individual.

**Peter** · 05-30-2007, 08:49 PM

Recovery means; "to regain something lost"

For me it meant getting my sanity back.

garyblanchard · 06-03-2007, 06:09 PM

To me, recovery is a process of regaining control of life. The alcohol and drugs become less of one's self-identity while the true self reasserts the proper place in life. I am glad you have found what works for you.

GlassPrisoner · 06-04-2007, 10:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by garyblanchard

To me, recovery is a process of regaining control of life. *snip*

Looks like I'll never recover then....

Got the T Shirt, Wherdjago ?

cali · 06-04-2007, 10:52 AM

"dis-ease"-for me, that works.
I don't care what anyone else calls it-all I know is I can't drink, period. I also HAVE to go to AA-or I'm done.
I am still learning and I hope that I will continue to do so.

CAS116 · 06-05-2007, 11:10 AM

Recovery, for me, means getting my life back -- rediscovery, if you will.
I was, long ago [ it seems long ago, to me], an ordinary man living an ordinary life. Then, in 2001, one after another, until Feb 2004; when the last remaining member of my family died. My wife. Habitual drunkeness from Mar 2004 to Mar 2005. Enough was enough. I stopped. Cold. No support group at all.

It has been a great adventure; but, I am OK now. And, it is OK to be OK. I have my life back.

NOMOMERLOTMAMMA · 06-05-2007, 11:15 AM

Recovery for me is getting back the life I was MEANT to have..finally "growing up" (at 42)and facing all the crap I hide deep down..working towards making this life honest and meaningful.

CAS116 · 06-06-2007, 07:10 AM

It has worked out well. I have a good life now. I am back, basically, to who I was. A little different in some ways, but basically the same guy.

05-18-2007, 07:35 PM	#1 (permalink)
Got The T-shirt Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Here Posts: 5	What is recovery? Recovery is realizing you don't have a disease. You have a drug addiction. Cancer is a disease. Diabetes is a disease. You don't buy either at the liquor store, or the dealers house. Not that I know much about the subject. I only drank like a fish for 27 years, and used drugs on a Keith Richards or Dennis Hopper level for 30 years. It's been 10 years no alcohol and 4 years no dope. I was literally snorting so much dope, I quit drinking (seriously).

05-22-2007, 10:32 AM	#2 (permalink)
Zencat ٩(-̮̮̃•̃)۶ Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Ventura Co. California USA Posts: 5,998 Blog Entries: 9	If that works for you, that’s all that matters. good going! __________________ My ❀ Name ☯ Is ❤ Will G ☞ 禅 “Our minds are information vacuums. Either we fill them with thoughts of our choosing or someone else will.” ― Ray Davis

06-04-2007, 10:52 AM	#7 (permalink)
cali came-came to-came to believe Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: east coast Posts: 1,116	"dis-ease"-for me, that works. I don't care what anyone else calls it-all I know is I can't drink, period. I also HAVE to go to AA-or I'm done. I am still learning and I hope that I will continue to do so. __________________ I've let go of what I was, I accept myself for who I am today- I continue to become who I am meant to be!

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05-30-2007, 07:19 PM	#3 (permalink)
CAS116 Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: USA Posts: 47	i can think of two key words: re discovery re invention. It means doing both. It is a completely individual process. Defined by the individual; carried out by the individual.

05-30-2007, 08:49 PM	#4 (permalink)
Peter Moderator Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Leaving Sparta Posts: 2,931	Recovery means; "to regain something lost" For me it meant getting my sanity back.

06-03-2007, 06:09 PM	#5 (permalink)
garyblanchard Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Ware, MA Posts: 2	To me, recovery is a process of regaining control of life. The alcohol and drugs become less of one's self-identity while the true self reasserts the proper place in life. I am glad you have found what works for you.

06-05-2007, 11:10 AM	#8 (permalink)
CAS116 Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: USA Posts: 47	Recovery, for me, means getting my life back -- rediscovery, if you will. I was, long ago [ it seems long ago, to me], an ordinary man living an ordinary life. Then, in 2001, one after another, until Feb 2004; when the last remaining member of my family died. My wife. Habitual drunkeness from Mar 2004 to Mar 2005. Enough was enough. I stopped. Cold. No support group at all. It has been a great adventure; but, I am OK now. And, it is OK to be OK. I have my life back.

06-05-2007, 11:15 AM	#9 (permalink)
NOMOMERLOTMAMMA No more merlot, more mamma Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Hills, Ct Posts: 2,131 Blog Entries: 36	Recovery for me is getting back the life I was MEANT to have..finally "growing up" (at 42)and facing all the crap I hide deep down..working towards making this life honest and meaningful.

06-06-2007, 07:10 AM	#10 (permalink)
CAS116 Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: USA Posts: 47	It has worked out well. I have a good life now. I am back, basically, to who I was. A little different in some ways, but basically the same guy.

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