First Person: A “Friends” Story
Not an unusual path for the disease to take. That year of deliberate abstention indicates that Perry was aware that his problems were growing worse.
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Simon Pegg’s Story
As control erodes, the drinker redoubles efforts to regain it. Some resort to “white-knuckle” abstinence, giving up alcohol for a while, just to prove to themselves or someone else that they can.
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Stop Thinking Like That
Nine months ago I was rummaging through your garbage for 5¢ cans. Today I am an author.
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One Man’s Recovery
If there’s one drug we’re all reluctant to give up, it’s our prejudices.
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To Mom, With Love- Your Addict Son
It was as if he were speaking my story- different people, same ending.
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A ‘Secret’ Life
He perceives it as gradual when in reality it’s progressing rather quickly.
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Sobriety: A Graphic Novel
And I needed that gift of desperation to allow the rest of the Steps to work in my life, as I worked them.
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Hedging His Bet
He burned through more than a few sponsors before settling with an older gentlemen who’d gotten clean and sober following a career as a Baltimore drug thug and a stretch in state prison.
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Broken: My Story of Addiction and Redemption
The author’s biggest issue is “himself.” He fought a constant battle for perfection, to show that he was as good as anyone else.
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Blogs by recovering folks, about sobriety, sober living, and the perils of taking yourself seriously.
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