The Last Chance Texaco

What I could not do for myself

Chris — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 02:02:41 +0000

I’m still fuzzy on the details. I remember getting up the next morning and talking to my sponsor and talking to my dad. I remember dad saying to find the right car and between the two of us we’d fiind a way to get it financed. I remember heading back to the dealership where I [...]

Still OK

Chris — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 03:31:13 +0000

There are things in life, situations, whatever, that I still don’t navigate so well. I don’t know if that’s the part where I’m “recovering” and have a ways to go, or if it’s simply endemic to being an addict, recovering or not, or if perhaps I’m simply an outright mental defective. You’d think I could [...]

Day 666 off crystal meth - “Well. Who could be responsible for that?”

Chris — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 06:20:13 +0000

Remember when that Australian guy called practically every recovery blogger on the internet, “Agents of Satan”? Yeah, well, agent of Satan, reporting for duty. I was thinking about some of the things I’ve learned and how far I’ve come in all these days and, I don’t know, I’m pretty grateful. One of the things I’ve learned is that [...]

Sober Sunday - I’m hosting this week’s Sober Salon at thesecondroad.org

Chris — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 05:14:58 +0000

Tomorrow night at 8:30 EST I’ll be hosting the weekly salon chat over at The Second Road. Now don’t be intimidated by the fact that you need to create a user name in order to join the chat. Just plan a little bit ahead to get that done before. So that you can be there on [...]

My Shining Palace

Chris — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 07:55:38 +0000

I don’t know how I’ve never happened on this verse before. I’m not a huge Millay fan. That probably has something to do with it. I heard a recording of her reading her own work one time and I couldn’t stand her voice. Plus I thought the poem was stupid. But this one, Fig Two, [...]

Missing the Mark - but not so much

Chris — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 15:04:43 +0000

Still missing the mark. But that’s fine. I set it pretty high. I didn’t actually expect I’d reach it. My theory that I tend to come in under the mark, but always by some ratio, seems to hold weight. Going to bed last night in clean sheets and waking up this morning to a clean [...]

Classy

Chris — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 03:15:53 +0000

Well, we’ve made it through the first week. It hasn’t been without problems. There have been kinks to work out. But over all? I’d say we’re doing fine. The only way to actually have time to do homework assigned on Monday or Tuesday is to telecommute on Wednesdays. That way I’m prepared for class on Wednesday [...]

Ghost Story

Chris — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 06:42:04 +0000

I got the weirdest email today. From the imaginary, future ex-husband. And it’s apparantly set up on some sort of automated system that will continue sending me this notification forever. I can spam it of course, or change my email, but I mean really. It read: This night in 1998 my sister Sara, my friend Ryan [...]