Mother’s Little Helper

April 29, 2012

TDA sent me this video of a son exercising a little bit of tough love. At first thought, $2000 worth of liqour sounded like it would be a roomful; but if the average bottle was just $30 – that would be only 65 bottles. I know I had that many near empty bottles in my [...]

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Two Must Read Opinions on Legalization, and One That’s Not

April 26, 2012

George Will is an opinion writer for The Washington Post and has recently written two well thought out pieces on the legalization of drugs in America.  He believes that while there is no doubt legalization will increase the health problems associated with drugs, that government administrators are becoming more agreeable than ever as a whole on legalization, due [...]

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Sober Toolbox Additions

April 23, 2012

For the newcomer here, Sober Toolbox Additions are where we revisit posts from the past that were more focused on the nuts and bolts of recovery and re-post them in our new Sober Toolbox tab.  This time around we might even put some in our handy new tool belt courtesy of Cyanide and Happiness @ explosm.net.   This batch of posts catches [...]

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Bummer Man, What’s Up With This 420 Post?

April 20, 2012

Just a quick post.  I was looking at my site stats today and could not figure out why a two year old post was getting more hits than my homepage and newest post.  I searched the internet in vain to find out if there was any new news on Lois Wilson, wife of AA founder Bill Wilson.  [...]

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Eddie Van Halen, Esquire, and Dads Who Drink

April 19, 2012

I have been a fan of Eddie Van Halen’s music since I first heard Eruption played on an eight-track in the backseat of a ’73 Javelin, still just a freshman in high school – in L.A. (Lower Alabama).  To say that me and my friends were blown away by his guitar work is an understatement.  It’s one of [...]

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Soviet Propaganda Posters Warn against Evils of Alcohol

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Boing Boing turned me on to this link to a Russian site  featuring old school anti-drinking posters.  Most of them were from the 30′s but some from the 50′s and 60′s.  I used google translate to figure out what some of them were saying although most of the posters themselves need very little translation.  From the [...]

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Insanity

April 13, 2012
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Recovery is Awesome

April 12, 2012

Please accept my apologies for no post in almost a week.  Like we all run into from time to time, I recently has some challenging obstacles, situations, or if you are one of those people who lean optimistically – opportunities to practice things I have learned in recovery. Being sober has it’s obvious rewards.  A [...]

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The Power of Habit on Why AA Works

April 6, 2012

Coming in at number four on the New York Times Non-Fiction Best Sellers  - “THE POWER OF HABIT“, by Charles Duhigg explores the impact both good and bad habits have on individual, organizational, and societal levels; and how we can change and use habits for improvement. The first part of the book focuses on the [...]

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Colin Farrell, Total Recall, and Recovery

April 3, 2012

Colin Farrell is starring in a reboot of the classic 80′s scifi flick “Total Recall” and is talking about his recovery while out promoting the new movie, scheduled to hit theaters this August.  I have not iresearched his recovery methods, but read he is big into yoga; however a trained ear can usually ferret out [...]

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