June 2, 2012
“Here’s to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes, the ones who see things differently. They’re not fond of rules and they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can’t [...]
November 7, 2011
Insult to injury leads to broken noses. oh wait. I’m non-violent. (damn Buddhism and damn recovery. I can’t get away with that these days.) Throw-away people. I was one of those today. You know the kind that sit in waiting rooms asking for those “hand outs.” The kind that have three children to care for [...]
October 5, 2011
My life in the 1970s was a time when I was prone to experiences that were reckless, self-centered, and on the edge. In the 70s Gainesville was home. Having graduated the University of Florida in 1969, and bummed around Europe for most of the next 9 months, Gainesville became home in late 1970. We owned [...]
August 20, 2011
There was a time I went through a rabid anti-AA phase – in retrospect, I see it had everything to do with my own ego and my own addiction digging in its heels and fighting for itself by using the sharp scythe of rationality. “It’s a cult! It was modeled on the Oxford Group,” I’d [...]
August 8, 2011
I thought I would post a follow up to the article I wrote last week on self-esteem, because I got a couple of comments that I felt brought up some interesting points, both “pro” and “con” towards A.A.’s approach to “ego-deflation” and how it relates to self-esteem. Within the confines of human psychology, self-esteem is [...]
July 19, 2011
I wrote this last year, and it appeared in the January issue of The Grapevine. It sums up my experience with powerlessness over alcohol, but can also apply to any element within our lives. After all– we are powerless over everything except our thoughts and reactions…right? My Story I loved the way alcohol made me [...]
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