Tag: alcoholism
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August 05, 2007 02:54 PM EDT --
Do you think that those born in an alcoholic family will also become alcoholics themselves?
Or do you think that seeing their alcoholic family everyday will keep them from drinking?
Do you think that . . . more
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April 11, 2007 06:54 PM EDT --
Parched; she tilts the flask to his chapped lips
Feverish; she douses him with cool moisture
Dry; she anoints him with soothing balm
Edgy; she whittles his heart with a whisper
Drunk; . . . more
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May 14, 2007 05:15 PM EDT --
Every time I saw the title, “Times my mother stood up for me” I cringed. This has been brewing in my head for a whole month now. I decided to wait until after Mother’s Day, . . . more
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October 17, 2007 12:17 PM EDT --
I am a 36 year old female and have been in recovery from Alcoholism for a while now. On September 3rd, 2007 I received my 5 year sobriety chip. We recieve those for sobriety at the support group I attend . . . more
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August 04, 2007 11:06 PM EDT --
This is a revision of my Roots essay.
I wasted a lot of time resenting my father for who he wasn’t, before coming to appreciate all the things I learned from him. Living with an alcoholic . . . more
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September 21, 2007 09:30 AM EDT --
What's it like when it catches up with you?
Does the addiction get stronger,
While your mind get weaker?
What's it like when it catches up with you?
Will you be able to go on,
Will you feel the . . . more
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September 15, 2006 11:38 PM EDT --
First, reflect on the lyrics to this Johnny Cash song, "Drive On:"
I got a friend named Whiskey Sam
He was my boonierat buddy for a year in Nam
He said is my country just a little . . . more
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October 09, 2007 06:24 PM EDT --
Now if people wouldn't drink in the first place, we wouldn't need this!
Interesting article, though.
Pill helps alcoholics taper off drinking
By CARLA K. JOHNSON, Associated Press . . . more
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January 28, 2007 12:53 AM EST --
This is a very personal story that I am about to share and one that is close to my heart. Everyday I hear about children who are abducted and sexually or physically abused. Some . . . more
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February 15, 2007 01:36 AM EST --
I was married once to a man who was addicted to alcohol and drugs. Because of his addictions, he developed a number of health problems early.
It doesn’t take long to recognize when an addicted . . . more
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August 12, 2007 12:05 AM EDT --
Ok, so today is that famous first-day-of-the-rest-of-my-life. Today I started once again to search for help about living with an alcoholic. I have made random stabs at this over . . . more
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April 27, 2008 08:06 PM EDT --
I am so sad today. My next door neighbor Pete, hung himself in the stairway of his home early this morning with a belt on the railing of the stairs.
Yesterday, upon returning from my . . . more
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February 26, 2006 07:39 PM EST --
Off To The Asylum…Part 1
At seven every morning Wayne showed up at the back door of his bar to go in for his morning drink. A group of men accompanied him in and were as regular as . . . more
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May 26, 2006 12:56 PM EDT --
Operation Santa Claus
My family has always lived in the country. We grew up out in the sticks, spitting tobacco, drinking beer, hunting and fishing, and driving four wheel trucks. We get along with . . . more
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March 20, 2007 12:28 PM EDT --
My brother is a drunk. He's been a drunk for as long as I can remember.
He moved here to Gloster fifteen years ago to stay with my Mom. For
reasons I will not go into now, . . . more
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September 04, 2008 10:15 AM EDT --
By James Duke aka Ray Dillon, Edited by Angela B.
(Before my father died, I promised him that I would help him to get his story published online. I'm publishing these chapters without adding comments . . . more
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March 05, 2006 01:05 PM EST --
Off To The Asylum…Part 2
Sitting in the back of the police car was bringing reality crashing down onto my head. Snubbing like a toddler whose toy had been taken away the young, handsome policeman . . . more
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February 18, 2007 09:08 PM EST --
A Vietnam veteran filed suit against IBM in federal court claiming he was wrongfully terminated for having an addiction to Internet chat rooms.
James Pacenza, 58, says he visits adult chat rooms . . . more
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October 14, 2006 12:14 AM EDT --
What do you think about people in the limelight like Gibson, Foley and Ney that has skeptics saying people are using Alcoholism to justify mal behavior? It's sad I see everywhere the crucification . . . more
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February 11, 2008 03:27 PM EST --
This week is National Children of Alcoholics Week! As an adult child of a recovering alcoholic, and as a friend of many children of alcoholics, including some who are still very young, this week is . . . more
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