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I think I hate being in therapy. I mean, they make you look at yourself! And who wants to do that? I thought I’d done well enough having gotten through the 4th step and, after all, I’m still sober. I guess that isn’t entirely true. After an hour and a half with Anita yesterday I [...]
It’s not a recognized milestone of course. I just happen to like the number, and considering that in the early part of this blog, in it’s first incarnation as methedup, which is republished here, I truly was counting days so I thought I’d just revisit the practice.
There is a place in the book that [...]
That was a more emotional weekend than I expected. I learned all kinds of things about my grandmother that I never knew; saw pictures of her I had never seen. It was clear from looking at them that she was as happy or happier in the last ten years of her life than [...]
The curtain rang down on a chapter of my life on Tuesday. My paternal grandmother passed away. She was 83. She is survived by three siblings, three children, 14 grandchildren and 23 great grandchildren. She was my last living grandparent.
When I was born all of my great-grandparents were living. It [...]
Few indeed are the practicing alcoholics who have any idea how irrational they are, or seeing their irrationality, can bear to face it. Some will be willing to term themselves “problem drinkers,” but cannot endure the suggestion that they are in fact mentally ill. “Sanity” is defined as “soundness of mind.” Yet no alcoholic, [...]
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