 6/24/2009
Saved By a Cat
When I got
to high school, I was self-conscious, had braces, didn’t make friends
easily...then on my 16th B-Day I discovered what all the fuss about the drink
was. Had my first drink(s), became brave, outgoing, "fun" -- and
drunk. Liked it so much that I became a regular at the military base bars
nearby, drinking and dancing until closing.
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6/10/2009
The Eight Secrets of AA’s SurvivalWhy did AA survive and
thrive when most of the pre-AA recovery societies failed to outlive their
founding generation?
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5/27/2009
What it was like, what happened, and what it’s like nowBy Belinda S.
Well, where to start? I know that I was an alcoholic long before I took
my first drink. As long as I can remember I have had this feeling of
being different. I felt that I was not as good as other people. I grew
up thinking that I was a bad little girl.
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5/14/2009
Race and Recovery: The Big LeaguesBy Jerry Brooks, Powder Springs, GA
Wandering the streets at 2 a.m., I saw the blue lights. I
ducked and held my breath, but the patrol car eased beside me. The officer got
out of his car, walked over, and pointed the flashlight in my face.
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4/29/2009
‘People, Places, and Things’By William Celis
“A haze,” is how Pierre describes his first few days of
treatment for his addictions to Valium and alcohol.
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4/16/2009
Letters from Readers
A number of readers have recently been in touch with Sober
24, telling their stories and sharing their experience, strength, and hope with
us. If you’d like to be in touch, too, you can “Tell Us Your Story” at www.sober24.com/E_Zine/Submissions/159/.
We’d love to hear from you.
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4/1/2009
Voices: ‘I couldn’t count on myself; I couldn’t count on my emotions’At 28, Holly is a cute
blond who most people would never guess was once a serious drug addict.
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3/18/2009
Forty-Four Years In Al-AnonI am eighty-two years old, in good health and happy to have spent the
last seven years married to the love of my life. The joy that I have
in my life today is a direct result of the fact that I crawled into
“the rooms of Al-Anon” forty-four years ago, in absolute rock bottom
desperation.
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3/6/2009
T.U.I – Teaching Under the InfluencePrincipal Jimenez’s dark, charcoal-colored eyes stared straight into mine. Her voice was almost a whisper, “I received a call from the administration office downtown. They gave me some disturbing news and I need the truth.”
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2/18/2009
Letters from ReadersA number of readers have recently been in touch with Sober
24, telling their stories and sharing their experience, strength, and hope with
us. If you’d like to be in touch, too, you can “Tell Us Your Story” at here.
We’d love to hear from you.
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