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Sober Toolbox Additions

March 24, 2012

Wow!  It’s been over a month since we retrieved some tools from the storage shed (ancient TDA)  and put them in our new toolbox.  This batch from the summer of 2007 are must reads – enjoy! Recovery is Job One  - Priorities x 3! First Step: Level the Playing Field – On negotiating with the addicted If [...]

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Rehab Porn – This Is The Last Time I Use That Phrase

March 21, 2012

It’s also the first time I have ever used it.  I am sure you have seen the salacious adjective used in conjunction to describe other non-sexual viewing activities – disaster porn, space porn, and unicorn porn are all internet old hat now.  I just wanted to use it once to describe something that is more [...]

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Update on the Jellinek Curve

March 18, 2012

Originally I had planned to update our Sober Toolbox with this post, but I got side tracked by the fact that one of our older posts was missing a very important graphic.  The post in question, “Bunky Knew The Booze“ referenced “The Jellinek Curve”, a graphic representation of the downward trajectory that befalls addictions of all types.  After a little [...]

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Versus War on Drugs Debate

March 14, 2012

The first episode of Versus aired live yesterday on Google+, the event  hosted by Virgin CEO Sir Richard Branson was  a  live global debate on the War on Drugs.  I haven’t watched the whole thing yet but intend to.  The debate boasts an all-star panel arguing for and against the lomgest war we have ever fought. Among the participants taking [...]

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Excitement Over Newly Found Graphic Novel Turns Sour

March 12, 2012

While reading up on the death of acclaimed French comic book artist Jean Giraud, aka Moebius who passed away this weekend at the age of 73 (disclaimer – his death was not substance related), I stumbled upon a graphic novel with the interest piquing title “The Alcoholic“.  Written by Jonathan Ames (whose credits include the HBO [...]

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Toot toot

March 10, 2012

That’s the sound of us blowing our own horn. We get awards and recognitions every once in while for TDA – here are several that we have gotten that we like.  Everyone likes a little pat on the back sometimes…and as a bonus they do send us a respectable amount of traffic.  A special thanks to [...]

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And Now… Your Daily Moment of Zen

March 7, 2012

As people in recovery we often feel like the whole universe is against us.  Dr. Neil DeGrasse Tyson here explains, the exact opposite is true.  Not only is the universe with us, it’s within us.  If you have trouble accepting science as fact, in this case I don’t think you have too.  Just throw your God [...]

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Woman Killed By Cannonball

March 6, 2012

File under ”News of the Weird”.  California homicide detectives are investigating the death of a woman who was killed when a cannonball shot into her mobile home.  The woman, who has not been identified, was hit with the bizarre weapon earlier today and was found dead at the scene having suffered significant injuries. The woman’s husband and [...]

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Can We Blame The Caveman For Modern Day Drug Abuse?

March 3, 2012

An interesting article in the February 13th issue of Newsweek explains why the primitive brains of our ancestors are in part to blame for why we become addicted.  In “Tripping Through Time” research psychologist Gary Marcus explains why evolution has not wired the brain to reject activities that would actively cause it harm, answering the puzzling question – [...]

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Please Drink Responsibly

March 1, 2012

Obviously drinking responsibly meant something different back in the day.  At least they could have added a line about making sure your gun was not loaded if you were.  This ad ran in LIFE magazine in 1944.  

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