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Donna: Getting addicts into treatment should be the number one goal of any program. The more addicts that are successfully treated, the higher the reduction ...

Bill: Hi AJ, Great to hear from you, and that you are doing OK. I've recommended Undrunk to several people, even a couple of bleedin' deacons I was sure...

AJ Adams: Hi Bill, Just came across your very nice comments on Undrunk -- thanks a lot. My sobriety date is Oct 2006 and so I had a bit more than that first yea...

Steve E: Forgot to add to the "patience and tolerance" lines...while I say that to People, they keep pushing in front of me. At one store I was still in line a...

Steve E: Patience: I might as well stop before I start, because it is..."never in a man." LOL! Actually, I've got enough of it now that I can give some awa...

Jeanie: I am so glad to read that you are experiencing real joy again. I hope it infects you and your family more until you are full to the brim. Well done y...

Donna: Thank you for sharing your relapse. It reminds us all of how powerful drug addiction is and how easy it is to succumb to temptation. By letting other ...

Steve E: Eli, I feel as if we "know" one another enough that I may write without sounding condescending--or like a "teacher". I'm just another sober alcoholic...

Lexie: Incidentally, Al-Anon (and, I assume, Nar-Anon) is GREAT for "straightening out" families and friends of alcoholics and addicts! Kept me from losing ...

Lexie: I've been on both sides of an alcohol problem (that of others, for many years, until my own drinking passed the point of no return), and I never liked...

kelly: You are obviously both bright and brave. Thanks for sharing with us, here, and getting that off of your chest. I would be the codependent in my si...

Eli Hornby: Oh and by the way it's only 11:45 pm here on the West coast - late but not THAT late!...

Eli Hornby: Wow Dolly, I sure hear your hurt and betrayal here. It's late and I'm very tired, so I won't try to say too much right now, but I'll work on a post to...

Bridgette Torre: Thanks for your post, and your blog. There are a number of different treatment programs and approaches to support people suffering from substance abus...

Alix: Thinking of you, and extending empathy. I lost my father last year. I am very glad you have a family for support and warmth. My condolences....

Alcoholic Brain

There are so many amazing bloggers out there in recovery that I wonder if it is possible to feature them all!?
Here is another one worth the time to visit… Alcoholic Brain from the West Coast.

Wednesday, October 17, 2007
The only requirement…
As a real alcoholic, I know what is necessary for people like me who have a desire to quit drinking. A spiritual experience. That is the only thing that will get real alcoholics of the hopeless variety sober. I was one of those. I haven’t had that sudden spiritual experience, (only once in 1978) but I feel that I am growing toward my God daily, and doing life the right way. I have a patience and tolerance I haven’t had for the last 15 years or so. I have found that love is the father of my growing patience and tolerance. I just love alcoholics like me, whether they are sober, or are drinking with a desire to quit it. I have been there. I have cried rivers of tears because I was drinking when I didn’t want to drink. But I would drink anyway. My body needed alcohol to function, and my brain needed it to think. There were countless times, like the last 13 years, that I had no control when it came to booze. Today, I will talk to any drunk. If they ask for help, or just want to talk, I will offer that. All alcoholics, sober or not need to know that they are still loved. From whatever source, I just know that someday, an alcoholic that drank like me can recover. I would say that source is God, or a Higher Power.