(the following entry is a retreat of something i posted back in january. when i transferred my blog over from blogger, for some reason none of the material from january made it over here. so i’ll post some of the posts anew.) a while ago i skulked around the internet again, using wordtracker to find… Continue reading understanding internet users
Category: alcohol
alcohol, prometheus and freedom
is it the sugar, or the buzz that comes after a few glasses, or the hit of the booze right at the first swallow, or is it the taste, the burn in the throat? or the smell, the neat line-up of bottles at the liquor store? the memory of great parties, the memory of all… Continue reading alcohol, prometheus and freedom
overcoming alcoholism
stanton peele, north-america’s grand-daddy of progressive (and controversial) views on addiction, has this to say about success with overcoming alcoholism. The most important single prognostic variable associated with remission among alcoholics who attend alcohol clinics is having something to lose if they continue to abuse alcohol…. Patients cited changed life circumstances rather than clinic intervention… Continue reading overcoming alcoholism
gratitude
i just stumbled across a sober thought, a blog by dayvud, a recovering alcoholic. it looks like we have a number of interests in common, including buddhist nun and writer pema chodron and the book the spirituality of imperfection (the one by kurtz and ketcham, not the one by richard rohr, another
booze and writing
i’m in the middle of reading parched, by heather king, about her 20-year stint as an alcoholic. what i find interesting is the disconnect between her tight and truly “witty and entertaining” (publishers weekly) language on the one hand and on the other hand a storyline that now, that i’m at page 149, is still… Continue reading booze and writing
happy happy happy
hello! i’ve had a few days that were definitely on the blah and dudsy side. then along comes my friend ken walker, the happiness guy, with his new web site! thanks, ken. i love the way you sit on top of the world, so to say. check it out here, guys! so i figured, are… Continue reading happy happy happy
christmas in jail with the boozers
christmas often makes me think of the minimum security jail where i worked for a little while. it was a pretty interesting job. once a week i’d migrate to the quaint old farmhouse in new westminster (part of greater vancouver, and british columbia’s oldest city) where that jail was. for a while they even had… Continue reading christmas in jail with the boozers