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Eating Chinese

Martha Woodroof

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I am a fan of the frankly gaudy, and so am in love with a certain local Chinese restaurant–not as much for its food as for its decor. There are enormous crystal chandeliers everywhere, lots of shiny red stuff, huge aquariums full of enormous golden fish. The staff sports shiny clothes and barks at each other in staccato Chinese...

Simple Steps To Recovery

William C. Moyers

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Each week, I get scores of letters and emails pleading for help. Usually they are framed by circumstances and conditions intended to explain or otherwise mitigate reality's harsh truth. While there are a lot of reasons why people get in trouble when they get high, there is only one reason they keep getting high despite those consequences...

Meet Jennifer Storm

Jennifer Storm

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Jennifer Storm is the real-life voice of millions of girls and young women today who are growing up in a nightmarish vortex of addiction, abuse, despair, and spiraling self-destruction. Addicted to alcohol by age twelve, Storm now serves as Executive Director of the Victim/Witness Assistance Program in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

HA-CHIEW!!!!

Ginger Bauler

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So, finally, here I am in the waiting room of the Ear, Nose and Throat Doctor. I have been waiting for this appointment for 10 weeks! I have a lump in my face, somewhere around where my gums, my bicuspids and sinus cavity all get connected together and about 3 months ago, they all started a war and the right side of my mouth...

A Bar Is A Bar Is A Bar

Courtney H.

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My alcoholism sure has a way of sneaking up on me. Whether in highly paranoid thinking, depressive mood swings, or a strange desire to self destruct the moment God does not give me what I want, the disease can place an extremely sobering block on my road to serenity.

Grand Central Winter

Ginger Bauler

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In the spring of 1985, Lee Stringer, through a series of self-imposed, fairly destructive life changing decisions, finds himself being evicted from his one room apartment, and “Half an hour later I’m on the street, clutching a voucher for all that remains of my worldly possessions. Only instead of feeling put out, I feel strangely relieved.

X'ibit H

Mark Harris

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It's a clear night, no wind, a little chilly, but still I can smell him from 10 feet away. The smell of a body detoxing alcohol, a lot of it. Not one of my favorite smells, but one I am quite familiar with. Out of a generic politeness I didn't say anything at first. Culturally though, I'm supposed to treat him like my own kid, so they expect me to say...

Virginia Festival of the Book

Lee Stringer

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Watch all 3 parts of Lee Stringer's presentation, filmed at the Virginia Festival of the Book on March 27. We had a full house and you will be touched at the honesty and down to earth personality of this truly humble road warrior.

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Live Your Gratitude
As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation... more
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Live Your Gratitude
As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation... more
A favorite quote
Live Your Gratitude
As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation... more
A favorite quote
Live Your Gratitude
As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation... more
A favorite quote
Live Your Gratitude
As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation... more
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Live Your Gratitude
As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation... more
Stop and take a look at the changes we've made to the site. As you tell us what works for you, we try to implement your suggestions so our site can truly be a "peer run" platform. C'mon! Take a look around. Let us know what's working for you and what you'd like to see in the future. We're all in this together!
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WANNA GET TOGETHER AND HANG OUT? How about we meet in The Rest Stop every Monday and Thursday night at 10:00 PM EST and check in with each other? Just click on "Community" and then go to "Chat Group" and we'll be there! We dare ya' to show up!
KEEP A LOOK OUT IN THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS! Our programmers have been working till they're bleary-eyed getting the new "My Page" set up so that it's more user friendly and has a bunch more options. It is way cool and you're gonna love it. Stay tuned for more details.
Stop and take a look at the changes we've made to the site. As you tell us what works for you, we try to implement your suggestions so our site can truly be a "peer run" platform. C'mon! Take a look around. Let us know what's working for you and what you'd like to see in the future. We're all in this together!
When the winds of change blow, some people build walls and others build windmills. What You Think Upon Grows... Have a Smooth Day!
WANNA GET TOGETHER AND HANG OUT? How about we meet in The Rest Stop every Monday and Thursday night at 10:00 PM EST and check in with each other? Just click on "Community" and then go to "Chat Group" and we'll be there! We dare ya' to show up!
KEEP A LOOK OUT IN THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS! Our programmers have been working till they're bleary-eyed getting the new "My Page" set up so that it's more user friendly and has a bunch more options. It is way cool and you're gonna love it. Stay tuned for more details.