Somewhere in the camaraderie and comfort and genuine usefulness to each other, we made our way first to ninety days clean and then, slowly, began to live sober lives.
Ethlie Ann Vare | Posted 05.29.2012
What I have discovered over 24 years is that you don't need substances to alter the mind. As an addict, you can get addicted to pretty much anything.
Laura Tompkins | Posted 05.28.2012
Alcoholics Anonymous pushes members into believing that any deviance from the program is a slippery slope and a relapse is a slow death. Negative? You betcha.
Dan Barden | Posted 05.20.2012
Recently, my eight year old son asked me if I'd ever been in jail. We were talking after dinner about what happened to "bad guys," how society dealt with them, where they ended up. He had been allowed some cable TV, and this is, apparently, what he learned.
Gerit Quealy | Posted 05.19.2012
I had to ask. How did the Irish get the reputation for being such heavy drinkers? Even my own father is derisive about it, and he's where my Irish heritage comes from. Malachy McCourt has a theory. (I knew he would.)
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The first step to recovery is to admit you have a problem. You don't have to bring physical evidence. A "very intoxicated" man who was carrying a b...
Don McNay | Posted 01.17.2012
On the bottom of the front cover was his picture in a mug shot. As the legendary attorney Frank Haddad said, "no one looks good in a mug shot." John Boel didn't either. The Louisville news anchor who won seventy Emmy awards had a problem.
Stanton Peele | Posted 12.03.2011
Both the British and the Danish governments are increasingly buying into the AA line that abstinence is the best and most achievable goal. Here are four reasons AA is harmful and will hurt their societies.
Simon Dixon | Posted 10.08.2011
When did a credit rating stop becoming a credit rating? So the world and our politicians seem to be surprised with the announcement that Standard and...
HuffingtonPost.com | Dan Froomkin | Posted 10.06.2011
WASHINGTON -- The downgrade of the U.S.'s AAA credit rating by Standard & Poor's on Friday may end up having little to no effect on interest rates for...
The Fix | Posted 07.16.2011
When she discovered that much of his memoir were fabricated, an irate Oprah Winfrey nearly drove the much-maligned writer to drink. Today he's back on...
Don McNay | Posted 11.17.2011
"I believe the key to happiness is someone to love, something to do, and something to look forward to." -Elvis Presley The King had it right. If...
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Tom Matlack | Posted 11.17.2011
There are plenty of ways the law (particularly family law) and popular culture, as represented by the media, have limited men. But we have no one to blame but ourselves. We made the laws. We control the media. Our popular culture has dumbed down men to sex- and sports-crazed idiots, with very little space for the nuanced truth of how hard it is to try to be a good dad and a good husband and breadwinner
Stanton Peele | Posted 05.25.2011
A new Vancouver-based program, called Insite, has substantial benefits in terms of reduction in HIV infection and increased follow-up medical treatment of addicts.
Laura Trice | Posted 11.17.2011
Charlie: You have every right to do what you want within the bounds of what is legal, moral and ethical. However, I want to present some ideas for your consideration.
Reuters | Elisabeth O'Leary | Posted 05.25.2011
MADRID (Reuters) - Moody's downgraded Spain's sovereign debt rating by one notch on Thursday and warned of further cuts to come due to fears that ...
Don McNay | Posted 11.17.2011
One Pill Makes You Larger One Pill Makes You Small And the ones that mother gives you Don't do anything at all - Jefferson Airplane My first expo...
Stanton Peele | Posted 11.17.2011
I would ask Charlie what he values most. I suspect it's his kids, and his career. Then I would work backwards from these things to what he is doing and where he is headed.
Stanton Peele | Posted 11.17.2011
Compared with alcoholics not given this opportunity, those in wet housing halved their public health costs and drank less.
Bill Clegg | Posted 04.13.2012