My eyes tried to make out what was in my field of vision–straining to make out the familiar from the unfamiliar. “Focus on the red dot–the red dot in the eye of the serpent.” Even as I waited, prepared with my arms out like a ninja poised for a combatant, I was wiring and re-wiring [...]
Archive for June, 2008
An Unmanageable Life Pt. 3
Posted in NA, tagged AA, Alienation, Depression, Drug-induced Psychosis, Fiction, Insanity, Methamphetamine Addiction, Our Lives Had Become Unmanageable, Personal Struggle, Psychological Thriller, Psychosis, Psychotic Episode, recovery, Step 1, Tell Your Story, Unmanageability, What We Were Like on June 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Smoking Gun
Posted in NA, tagged Acceptance, Boston Health Care, Casablanca, Developmentally Disabled, Group Home, Mentally Retarded, Quitting Smoking, Serving Others, Smoking Again, Unconditional Love, Unlikely Teachers on June 21, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Okay, okay, I’m holding it… the gun–the smoking gun. I’m guilty as charged. I started smoking again. But somehow I feel better off now than how I did taking CHANTIX and sweating bullets from irritablity and anxiety. And surprisingly I’m not panicked or feeling guilty about it. I will quit naturally when the time is right. The alternative [...]
Ain’t Misbehavin’
Posted in NA, tagged 12 Step Meetings, Addiction, Character, Darkroom, Getting Sober, Guthrie Theater, Heart Language, Life on Life's Terms, Peeling An Onion, Peer Gynt, Poetry, Pride Institute, Responsible for the Effort, Self Acceptance, Self Awareness, Self Discovery, Sobriety, Stress on June 17, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Have you ever stood and looked up at your problems–piling up it seems–like Mount Rushmore? Or felt like your head was going to explode if you ran a thought process back through your “cerebral task manager” one more time without resolution?
Or sighed with resignation as you watched a cascade effect, of your own doing, plummet into one [...]
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