http://discoveringalcoholic.com/alcoholism/the-alcoholic%e2%80%99s-logic-behind-the-clean-fresh-breath-of-surrender The Discovering Alcoholic is a top rated recovery blog covering alcoholism, substance abuse, treatment and recovery issues. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:17:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://discoveringalcoholic.com/alcoholism/the-alcoholic%e2%80%99s-logic-behind-the-clean-fresh-breath-of-surrender#comment-64602 John Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:02:02 +0000 http://discoveringalcoholic.com/?p=3617#comment-64602 My wife, who is in her fourth rehab, did just this. When I took her car keys away, she walked as best she could to a drugstore and bought mouthwash. I found empty bottles all over the house, in her office, in her car, and bottles of vodka too. I never could figure out why she drank mouthwash when she bought and could afford vodka My wife, who is in her fourth rehab, did just this. When I took her car keys away, she walked as best she could to a drugstore and bought mouthwash. I found empty bottles all over the house, in her office, in her car, and bottles of vodka too. I never could figure out why she drank mouthwash when she bought and could afford vodka

]]> http://discoveringalcoholic.com/alcoholism/the-alcoholic%e2%80%99s-logic-behind-the-clean-fresh-breath-of-surrender#comment-3378 The Discovering Alcoholic Wed, 16 Dec 2009 05:03:02 +0000 http://discoveringalcoholic.com/?p=3617#comment-3378 I mentioned an instance of this very same thing in a blog post a few months back (<a href=http://discoveringalcoholic.com/dui/tda%e2%80%99s-european-inebriation rel="nofollow">TDA's European Inebriation</a>), it happened in the UK where a Dorset prison had to remove all the hand sanitizers that had been installed because of the swine flu. I mentioned an instance of this very same thing in a blog post a few months back (TDA’s European Inebriation), it happened in the UK where a Dorset prison had to remove all the hand sanitizers that had been installed because of the swine flu.

]]> http://discoveringalcoholic.com/alcoholism/the-alcoholic%e2%80%99s-logic-behind-the-clean-fresh-breath-of-surrender#comment-3368 k8 Tue, 15 Dec 2009 20:19:45 +0000 http://discoveringalcoholic.com/?p=3617#comment-3368 Some poor soul drank the hand sanitizer at the recovery club I go to. It was so sad. We get so desperate. So, so desperate. Some poor soul drank the hand sanitizer at the recovery club I go to. It was so sad. We get so desperate. So, so desperate.

]]> http://discoveringalcoholic.com/alcoholism/the-alcoholic%e2%80%99s-logic-behind-the-clean-fresh-breath-of-surrender#comment-3337 The Discovering Alcoholic Tue, 15 Dec 2009 05:34:40 +0000 http://discoveringalcoholic.com/?p=3617#comment-3337 I can remember thinking that I must be one of a kind to be so desperate that I was drinking Listerine... hoew little did I know then! I can remember thinking that I must be one of a kind to be so desperate that I was drinking Listerine… hoew little did I know then!

]]> http://discoveringalcoholic.com/alcoholism/the-alcoholic%e2%80%99s-logic-behind-the-clean-fresh-breath-of-surrender#comment-3304 Zentient Mon, 14 Dec 2009 13:49:57 +0000 http://discoveringalcoholic.com/?p=3617#comment-3304 Thanks for the reminder of this disguised source of alcohol. And think about the children/teenagers in your house. Adolescent children live with me, and last week I bought them some mouthwash - I'm glad I remembered to get the kind without alcohol, which is what I use. These children have enough to deal with, having a genetic proclivity to addictions of all sorts on both sides of their family. Thanks for the reminder of this disguised source of alcohol. And think about the children/teenagers in your house. Adolescent children live with me, and last week I bought them some mouthwash – I’m glad I remembered to get the kind without alcohol, which is what I use. These children have enough to deal with, having a genetic proclivity to addictions of all sorts on both sides of their family.

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