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today's quota: Admitting You're an Alcoholic
Sick of Sugarcoating the Past
"Part of me is sick of sugarcoating my past... I could just say I had a drinking problem, or I can really tell it like it is... I can stop being afraid of who will find me out. There's real power in telling your secrets... I had no control over how I would act when I was drinking... I could be mean, aggressive, nice, promiscuous... I suddenly saw myself doing this, and I thought, 'This isn't a way to live, this is a way to die'... I was a little nervous about coming out as an alcoholic, but now none of that matters. What matters is to deliver a message that's meaningful."
- Melissa Ellefson quote, 'Alcoholic, Not Anonymous'
Good Question
"How can we resent the life we've created for ourselves?"
- Richard Bach quote
Raise Your Hand if
You're an Alcoholic
There Is A Solution
"There is an easy way and a hard way to recovery from alcoholism. The hard way is by just going to meetings" (Doctor Bob quote). You can try the hard way and keep it complicated. Or you can go the easier softer way and keep it simple.
More information here:
Recovery is Possible
quipping post: Making Amends?
I'm So Totally Sorry...
Examining your past and looking for that special card to help you make amends? "Sorry I Smoked All Your Pot", and "Sorry I Called You Stupid" are just a couple of the cards you can find at this site. Four pages of them here, but some are less apologetic:
CardJackers Gallery
links added today: Art, Walks, and Recovery Sites
Sober Art
See art and photos by SJ Ketchum - click on the thumbnail shots for larger views:
Sober Art
See Sandra's Blog Here
MADD Support Walks
Info about Mothers Against Drunk Driving support walks:
MADD Walks Info Page
Madballdan's
Narcotics Anonymous Related Recovery Site
Recovery Universe
Helping Friends Stay Sober & Share Experience, Strength, Hope
multimedia: Addiction TV Show Trailer & Gallery
From White House Intern to Crack Addict
This past week Oprah aired a show about addiction - see the trailer and a 'Battling Addictions' slideshow gallery here:
From Intern to Addict
today's quota: Addiction Music
Drunk & Scared
"Cause now I’m drunk again
The means to my end...
Cause now it’s the same, the faces and names
And I’m scared of myself again...."
- Reel Big Fish lyrics, 'Drunk Again'
Don't Do It!
"Ticket to ride, white line highway
Tell all your friends, they can go my way
Pay your toll, sell your soul
Pound for pound costs more than gold.
The longer you stay, the more you pay
My white lines go a long way
Either up your nose or through your vein
With nothin' to gain except killin' your brain...
A million magic crystals, painted pure and white
A multi-million dollars almost overnight
Twice as sweet as sugar, twice as bitter as salt
And if you get hooked baby, it's nobody else's fault, so don't do it!"
- Grandmaster Flash lyrics, 'White Lines'
quipping post: Drinking, Drugging, and Dancing
Drinking
"I would see cats coming out of the club so tipsy and drunk that they're two-stepping."
- J-Kwon Rapper quote
Drugging
"I'd stay away from Ecstasy. This is a drug so strong it makes white people think they can dance."
- Lenny Henry quote
Dancing
Image source: AllPosters.com
links added today: Recovery Music
Twelve Songs
"Inspired by achieving recovery through the 12 steps of Alcoholics Anonymous, each song uniquely relates to a corresponding step":
Twelve Songs Website
Jim W Songs
"One Man's Walk" 12 Step recovery music:
Jim W Songs Home Page
More Recovery Music
Lots of links in the dryblog 'Recovery Music & Radio' list,
scroll down the page or find it in the Right Column by clicking Here
today's quota: Exploring the Realms of Alcohol
"Last night I went to drunk-land, and my drunk-twin took my place. But he was in pretty good form. I was lucky this time. However, many's the time I've awoken, and found that my drunk twin was in horrible form. 'I wanted to punch you in the face last night,' my friend will say. 'Yeah, I was this close,' will add another. And I'll sit there, and think, hell, I don't remember any of that. For me, alcohol resembles an evil spirit; it possesses my body. It makes me do all manner of annoying, taboo things; and then it leaves me, and I'm left with the consequences."
- Jeff Gaither, 'Exploring the Realms of Alcohol'
quipping post: Blackout Commercials Flash Clips
The Best Beer is a Root Beer
Two humorous Flash clips about the blackout experience:
Blackout Clip
Another Blackout
Alcohol-Induced Blackouts
I found the above commercials on this site where you can get the real skinny on blackouts with lots of good information:
Blackouts
See the Home Page Here
recovery resources: Cliches, Home, and Promises
Clichés used in Narcotics Anonymous
The button on the linked page changes the cliché with each click:
NA Clichés
GoingHomeDotCom
"Yes as simple as it sounds, my problem is my first drink."
Their 'Sitemap' tab at the top brings up lots of resources:
Going Home
The Promises Project
Helping People in Recovery Find and Utilize Services
today's quota: Living With An Addict
"I'd sit in the living room thinking that something was wrong with me... I was always waiting for the next crisis, the next time I'd send him to the store and he wouldn't come back... Do I love him? Yeah. I'll probably always love him. That hurts... It's very sad to see someone destroy their life like that... That's not something I want in my life ever again."
- Theresa, 'Living With An Addict'
quipping post: Insanity and Bad Luck
Twelve Steps To Insanity
Humorous piece from Recovery Parables:
12 Steps to Insanity
Lots on a more serious note Here
"Gimme a Beer, Barkeep..."
Flash video clips of stickmen with some really bad luck:
Stickmen Shorts 1-5
Others like this at A E Flash
Humor might be the best medicine...
But if you or someone you know is still suffering, there's nothing funny about that. You don't have to face it alone - there's always hope and help available. See here:
Alcoholics Anonymous: Letter to Anyone New to A.A.
Narcotics Anonymous: Who, What, How and Why
For Family & Friends of alcoholics: What is Al-Anon?
Family & Friends of drug addicts: About Nar-Anon
links added today: Addiction & Recovery - Blogs & Journals
Blue's Thoughts
Ramblings of a sweet & kind person with big holes in her brain...
also a friend of Bill W":
Blue's Thoughts
John's Life Without Gambling
"This blog discusses all problem gambling related issues...":
Life without Gambling
Gamblers Anonymous Home Page Here
Gam-Anon for Spouses, Family & Friends
Cunning, Baffling, Powerful
A Diva Tribe journal - click on 'Index' at the top of her page for previous posts:
Cunning, Baffling, Powerful
DivaTribe.com
Don't Try This At Home, Kids
A Junky Life blog - "Hey There, Daddy-O...":
Don't try this at Home
Uncensored Expression of Junky Life
today's quota: Pope, Drunk Noah, and LEGO Art
Joseph Ratzinger Quotes, aka Pope Benedict XVI:
"God gives so that we can give."
"...the more we trust Him, the more we find Him, the more we discover the love and freedom that sustain us through all the nights."
"The world does not need to be alone. In the desolation the men don’t have to be lost here and there, tragically staying ultimately alone..."
"We always work on our internal problems and we do not realize that the world is in need of answers; it does not know how to live. The world's inability to live properly is seen in drugs, terrorism, etc. Therefore, the world is thirsty for answers - and we remain with our problems. I am convinced that if we go out to meet others... even our internal problems will be relativized and resolved."
Michelangelo's Drunkenness of Noah (Restored)
"He drank some wine and got drunk, and was uncovered in his tent."
- Genesis 9:21
Noah's Insobriety Slideshow
Characters and settings built out of LEGO bricks and photographed to create an illustrated story (warning: some LEGO nudity here):
Noah's Insobriety
LEGO Brick
Testament
LEGO.com
quipping post: Drunk Ritual
- Sacrifice to a Lower Power -
"After a night of too much alcohol and spirits. Thou must kneel,
embrace thy throne and sacrifice to the porcelain god"........
(Image source: AllPosters.com
)links added today: Recovery, Church, and Ship
Clergy Recovery
Support for ministry professionals through personal crisis and early recovery:
Clergy Recovery
Online Church
"No two VirtualChurch.com services are the same. Over 365 Billion possibilities":
VirtualChurch.com
Ship of Fools
The "Magazine of Christian Unrest":
Ship of Fools
today's quota: Addicted to Stress & Chaos
"The problem with any addiction is that the high is transitory and one always needs a bigger high to experience the rush. Addiction gives a person a false sense of control. Deep down the addict has lost personal power. A stress-addict is looking to feel numb through distraction to avoid dealing with the source of unhappiness and loss of control. It is easier to be incredibly busy than to face the painful layers of grief accumulated during the course of a lifetime. There are no new hurts; only old ones with a different cast of characters, conflicts and dramas."
- Debbie Mandel, 'Are You Addicted to Stress?'
"I'm a study of a man in chaos in search of frenzy."
- Oscar Levant quote
quipping post: Mindfulness Cartoon
Philosophy With Fur!
"Cartoons that blend humour & spirituality - on the rocky path to nirvana with a Buddhist cat, a novice monk and a mouse hell-bent on cheese":
Dharma The Cat
recovery resources: Alcoholism & Addiction
AA Resources on the Web
"This is not a chair, a share or a life story - but rather a reassurance that if you are reading this and are an alcoholic like myself, you are not alone":
AA-Meetings.com
The Emergence Site
"While many resources exist for recovering alcoholics and addicts, none, so far, address the primary feature of all addictions; the state addicts would call 'aloneness'":
Emergence Addictions Page
Emergence Home Page Here
multimedia: Recovery Screensaver & Broadcast
12 Step Screensaver Download
"This is a free screensaver that displays the 12 Steps and readings relating to them along with photos. Get some recovery inspiration right on your computer screen." See screenshots here:
Serenity Found - Free 12 Step Screensaver Download Page
Cocktails at 5 with Jeffrey
Addiction Talk Show Live Online Mondays
From 5-6 pm Pacific Time; 6-7 pm Mountain;
7-8 pm Midwest; 8-9 pm Eastern Canada & US
(International listeners, see the Time Converter below):
Cocktails at 5 Here
International Zones Thingy:
Time Zone to Time Zone
today's quota: The Alcoholic Label
"Being a recovering alcoholic is nothing to be embarrassed about in today’s world. In fact, in many social settings, it has become a status symbol. The only problem that you are going to have to deal with is... that label being tacked onto your shoulders. Not to be flip but, if that is the case, get over it. There are a lot worse things that people can think about you; being an alcoholic is certainly not one of them."
- Ann Israel quote, 'Advice for the Lawlorn'
quipping post: Drinking Cartoon; Addiction Quote; NA Humor
I like to sit and think;
But usually I just sit...
Image © Carlberg Design
The Writing's on the Label
"Most people don't know how they're gonna feel from one day to the next, but a drug fiend has a pretty good idea. All you gotta do is look at the labels on the little bottles."
- From the film, 'Drugstore Cowboy'
Say it Ain't So
Click below to see 'What ISN'T the NA Program':
Say it Ain't So
More like this here:
Underbelly Index
addiction blogs: Sober & Reason
Sober on the Beach
"This blog is about sober living and alcoholism":
Sober on the Beach
A Reason, A Season, A Lifetime
"Stay safe, stay sober, stay healthy, stay happy":
Reason, Season, Lifetime
online resources: Recovery & Madness
Recovery Corner
Selections from anonymous people in recovery:
Recovery Corner
Meth Madness
"Just when you thought you had seen all the pain. And the horrors of life. Crystal Meth walks into your life. And turns it into a nightmare.":
Meth Madness
addiction multimedia: Anonymous Postcards & Recovery Radio Show
Thanks to Smoking, Booze, and Drugs
"Send an anonymous postcard to someone you care about or to someone you simply can't stand to be around because of their smoking or drinking":
Anonymous Postcards
The Bradley Quick Experience
Recovery Radio Show Broadcast Live Online World-Wide
Past Shows Streaming Audio Directory
Bradley Quick Home Page Here
today's quota: A Sobering Place
"Mom doesn't drink anymore. 'I just got tired,' she recently told me. 'Getting up drunk, going to bed drunk. I got tired of living that life.' Nearly three decades after she sipped her first rum and Coke at a military dance, she stopped. No more Schlitz, no more Hennessy, no more whiskey sours. She's a faithful adherent to a 12-step program and hasn't had a drink in nearly five years. Meanwhile, I kept my promise. I didn't drink. I stepped outside my mother's footsteps and walked in another direction. It took me, literally and figuratively, to a sobering place. Occasionally I get an urge to leave there. But when I do, I grab something sweet - a Shirley Temple."
- Monique Fields, 'A Sobering Place: Child of an Alcoholic...'
quipping post: Pizza & Drinking Cartoon, Quote, and Joke
Daily Andy Capp Cartoon Here
Beer Quote
"Without question, the greatest invention in the history of mankind is beer. Oh, I grant you that the wheel was also a fine invention, but the wheel does not go nearly as well with pizza."
- Dave Barry quote
Drunk Joke
A drunk was considering joining a church. Having no religious background, he asked a preacher how the services worked. "Just show up Sunday! There will be prayers, a short homily, then communion; at our church we use bread and non-alcohol grape juice." The grape juice was a bit of a dissapointment, but the drunk needed more information. "How much does it cost?" The preacher explained, "We're not out to make a profit so members only give what they can." The drunk thought about it: "In that case padre, instead of the same old bread and grape juice, how about I bring pizza and beer for everyone?"
find: Meetings; Flash Movies; Gratitude
Meetings
Find AA Alcoholics Anonymous 12 Step Meetings by State or Zip:
MeetingFinder.org
Flash Movies
Find free inspirational Flash movies - a new one each month:
Cry of The Spirit
Gratitude
Find Gratitude Topics, Word for the Day, and Free E-Cards:
Network for Grateful Living - Practicing the Art of Gratefulness
today's quota: The Life of a Young Drunk
"The life of a young drunk is not a continuous fall into the pit of abject alcohol abuse. It is a herky-jerky evolution. You slip, you trip, and you tumble into the habit of drinking when you are afraid, or enraged, or heartsick, and every so often, you hit a ledge from which you can see how deep into dependence you are. Every so often, you feel so lost in the hollow of your own need that you decide to try to hoist yourself out of it."
- Koren Zailckas, from her book 'Smashed: Story of a Drunken Girlhood'
Koren Zailckas
Koren will be Jeffrey's Guest on 'Cocktails at 5' Monday, April 11 (see below). Excerpts from her book 'Smashed' are available online:
Koren Zailckas' Website
Cocktails at 5 Page Here
quipping post: Alcoholics, Romance, and Isolation
Alcoholics are loners that want to be hugged.
Romance in AA? The odds are good, but the goods are odd.
Alchoholics are people who when lonely, think the answer is to isolate.
On the Lighter Side
I found the above one-liners on this thread at the 12 Step Radio Forum:
On the Lighter Side Forum Page
12 Step Radio Forum Main Page
resources: Addiction Recovery & Relationships
Recovering Couples Anonymous
"A Twelve Step Fellowship for Couples":
Recovering Couples Anonymous
Joy2MeU
Scroll down their home page to find large Indexes of articles about Alcoholism, Codependence, Romantic Relationships, Spirituality and more:
Joy2MeU Home Page
Meet Others in Recovery
"RecoveringMates.com is more than a dating service; it is a social portal (not a self-help site) where you can contact others and exchange ideas, thoughts and opinions about relationships and recovery":
Click to Meet Other Sober Singles
today's quota: Accepting Help & Mr. Spilt More
"Alcoholics and addicts get help not because they see the light, but because they feel the heat. Something comes along that shakes them up so sufficiently, they'd rather accept help than continue drinking."
- Jeff & Debra Jay, 'Love First'
"This old codger was saying he'd spilt more than I'd drunk. I thought, 'If you hadn't spilt so much you might have got here earlier.'"
- Anonymous, 'Alkiespeak' quote
quipping post: Humorous Shirt Logos
Beer/Party T-Shirts
Each page has 20 different logos you can click on for larger views:
T-Shirt Logos Page 1
T-Shirt Logos Page 2
T-Shirt Logos Page 3
Crack Me Up! Home Page
Recovery T-Shirts
Here's a good selection of humorous 12 Step & Recovery T-Shirts:
SobrieTees Recovery T-Shirts
Humor might be the best medicine...
But if you or someone you know is still suffering, there's nothing funny about that. You don't have to face it alone - there's always hope and help available. See here:
Alcoholics Anonymous: Letter to Anyone New to A.A.
Narcotics Anonymous: Who, What, How and Why
For Family & Friends of alcoholics: What is Al-Anon?
Family & Friends of drug addicts: About Nar-Anon
links added today: Alcoholism; Addiction; Relaxation
Let's Get Real About Alcoholism!
Alcoholism, the AA program, fellowship, and AAOnline:
Let's Get Real
Prescription Drug Addiction
A resource for individuals and families:
Prescription Drug Addiction
Guided 5 Minute Relaxation Journey
This is a simple tool to clear away negative thoughts, allowing room within for peace and creativity and a refreshed body:
5 Minute Relaxation
Room For Healing Home Page
multimedia: Webcast & Conference Talks
New Webcast: Binge Drinking and Youth
Just released, about "subcultures and behaviors that support binge drinking":
Binge Drinking & Youth
Thinkin Bout Drinkin?
AA, Al-Anon, and Alateen Conference Talks from Around the World
today's quota: Natural Joy
"Ozone and friendship will be our stimulants - let the drugs, tobacco, and strong drink go forever. Natural joy brings no headaches or heartaches."
- Elbert Hubbard quote
Serenity Found
I found the above quote on this daily changing recovery page:
Daily Spiritual Quote
quipping post: Unusual Drinking Buddies Cartoon
Example of how the Internet can create odd drinking buddies:
(The red arrow helps identify which one of them is Ralph)
resources: Addiction Information & Media Ads
"Parents. The Anti-Drug."
Lots of info about alcoholism & drug abuse:
Parents, Educators, Information & Resources
Media Campaign Ad Gallery
View a wide selection of TV, radio, banners, and print ads:
Anti-Drug Ad Gallery
Campaign Home Page
today's quota: Pope John Paul II Quotes
"When life is challenged by conditions of hardship, maladjustment, sickness or rejection, other programmes - such as communities for treating drug addiction... are eloquent expressions of what charity is able to devise in order to give everyone new reasons for hope and practical possibilities for life."
"Do not lose heart! The steeper the road, the faster it rises toward ever wider horizons."
"Stupidity is also a gift of God, but one must not misuse it."
Pope John Paul II 1920 - 2005
quipping post: Two-Drink Minimum & Top 10 Lists
"The Pope got heckled today while he was saying mass... One of the Cardinals said, 'We should never have started that two-drink minimum.'"
- Conan O'Brien quote
Top Ten Signs Your Neighbor Is Vying To Be The Next Pope
10. Often stops at Costco to buy communal wafers in bulk.
9. Book on his coffee table: "How to turn your Ford Focus into a popemobile."
8. He asks if you want to go giant hat shopping.
7. You ask how he's feeling and he replies, "Oh, quite Popey, thank you!"
6. Keeps hitting on your wife in Latin.
5. Refers to his studio apartment as the "Little Vatican".
4. His name is Kenny, but he asks you to call him John Paul.
3. Regularly offers to baptize you with the garden hose.
2. Just made the Domino's kid a saint.
1. Threatens to send you to hell if your dog craps on his lawn again.
Popemobile Top Ten
Daily Top Ten Page
online: Astrology Chart & Interactive Museums
John Paul II's Star Chart
The Pontiff's astrology chart, birth data, and biography:
Pope's Chart
Interactive Vatican Museums Online
Musei Vaticani - Sistine Chapel, Raphael's Rooms & other Online Tours
today's quota: April Fool's Day
"Before God we are all equally wise - and equally foolish."
- Albert Einstein
"I repeat, let no one think me foolish; but even if you do, accept me as a fool, so that I too may boast a little."
- St Paul, 2 Corinthians 11:16
"At that stage I’d have denied with my life that I was in trouble with alcohol. Yet at the back of my mind, I knew. I was in complete denial... In the end, I had to have it all the time, and in the end you’ll do anything to get it. Beg, borrow or steal, you’ll do it to get it. Believe me, you will. You do your level best to keep one foot ahead of everybody else, but you’re not fooling anybody."
- Barry Gaffney, 'Mayo News, Ireland'
quipping post: Drunk Joke & Top 100 Hoaxes
A drunk managed to forget his wife's birthday, yet again. "You forgot our anniversary, too! You're so inconsiderate, I always remember your special day!" The drunk felt bad, sort of, but didn't know exactly what she meant. "On which special day do you always think of me?" His wife spelled it out for him: "You drunken buffoon, on April Fool's Day."
Foolish Grins
April Fool's Day hoaxes - Top 100 of all time:
Top Hoaxes Here
addiction recovery: Nothing Foolish About That
There Is A Solution
Recovery Is Possible
Recovery Tips
Staying Sober Recovery Tips
Meetings & Fellowship
Online Alano Club Community
What No One Told You
DrugsTV Information Source
For Families & Friends
Online Al-Anon Outreach
links added today: Musicians, Recovery, and Songs
Musician's Assistance Program
"MAP makes it possible for members of the music industry to receive treatment for drug and alcohol addiction, regardless of their financial condition":
Musician's Assistance
Road Recovery - Music Without Drugs
I found this link on Monty's STS site - "We’re a non-profit organization comprised of music industry professionals whose lives have been touched by drug and alcohol addiction":
Road Recovery
Monty's STS Site
12 Step Songs
"You are invited to listen to the entire CD, one song at a time right here, right now. You are also welcome to download any of the songs FREE" (no foolin'):
12 Step Songs - The 12 Steps Shared In Song
critics: Online Review of dryblog?
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Alcohol or Drug Abuse Got You Down?
Keep your chin up! Free help is available. See here:
AA: Help with Alcoholism
NA: Help with Drug Abuse
Al-Anon: For Family & Friends of alcoholics
Nar-Anon: Family & Friends of drug addicts
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