Addiction
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I went to Gooding recently to speak at the treatment center I went to, which in and of itself was really cool. Even cooler is the fact that out of that someone decided that they wanted me to show them how I’ve stayed sober. And even cooler than that, the coolest thing, something [...]
Tags: AA, Addiction, Brotherly Love, Courage, Crystal Meth, Faith, heroin, Hope, Recovery
is to stay sober and to help other alcoholics (and addicts) achieve sobriety. When you’re first coming in, when you’re on the morning side of the mountain, tradition 5 seems like the dumbest or most obvious thing in the world. Duh.
There is a song by Patty Griffin, I’ve talked about this before, called [...]
Tags: addict, Addiction, alcoholic, Brotherly Love, Courage, Crystal Meth, Faith, Gratitude, Honesty, Hope, Humility, Integrity, Martin Luther King, Patty Griffin, Recovery, Up to the Mountain
in about three days. Sunday I started feeling poor and by Monday morning I was well and truly sick. A trip to the clinic Monday afternoon confirmed what I already knew and put me at home in bed with a fistful of antibiotics to prove it. Since I got home from [...]
Tags: Addiction, crazy, Crystal Meth, Gratitude, illness, meetings, Recovery
I think I may have described here before that I think of 12 step recovery as Spirituality for Complete Idiots. I may also have said ‘total retards’ but that really isn’t correct, politically or any other way. I’ve had cause recently to rethink the moniker. I can’t recall exactly why but for some reason I [...]
Tags: Addiction, Personal Reflections, Recovery
I’ll be gone for awhile. I’m checking in to a rehab and I expect I’ll be gone for at least a month. I just need to do something about this problem before someone does something about it for me.
I’m not happy. I’m not content. I don’t want to go on living like this. And while [...]
Tags: Addiction, Crystal Meth, Detox, Idaho, methamphetamine, Pocatello, Recovery, sober
If you had asked me yesterday at this time how I was doing I would have told you that, for the moment anyway, I had been relieved of that odd hook that has always followed me with this addiction; the regret that I had not gotten high one more time. It left me temporarily.
It’s [...]
Tags: Addiction, Crystal Meth, Detox, methamphetamine, Recovery, sober
I’m not sure if I know what I was getting myself in to moving into the Compas House. It’s a theraputic community run by S.H.I.P., Inc. which is a not-for-profit here in Boise that helps people in recovery stay sober and have access to affordable housing. The “TC” includes housing which I share [...]
Tags: Addiction, Crystal Meth, Detox, methamphetamine, Recovery, sober
Well, yeah, so he called last night. He’s in jail now, you know. His mugshot. Arrested on my birthday. But not till he was hours late.
I didn’t know he’d been arrested till two days later.
He called last night to tell me that his parole officer was recommending that he be returned to prison to serve [...]
Tags: 1st Step, abandonment, Abuse, Addiction, codependence, Honesty, sociopathic personality, turning point
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