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Day 20 - Sleep
[yawn] Damn! Tired today. Sleepily discussing the "T" in HALT. What does "HALT" mean? Tune in and find out. [yawn] Links: Â Â
Day 19 - Progress Not Perfection
Well I planned my work but DIDN'T work my plan. In today's episode, find out what I did wrong. But more importantly what I did right and how to proceed. "Progress Not Perfection" is yet another AA tenet that hits home this week. Here is two ways to look
Day 16 - Friday Nights Are Killing Me
Well, it's another Friday and this time I got kinda an itch. I'm a bit concerned about this weekend. Tune in to see how I'm gonna figure this one out. If I can only make it to dark-thirty, I'll be alright. Links: Â
Day 15 - Compulsive Drinking Here We Go!
Come to find out there ISÂ a difference between alcoholics and "heavy drinkers". One of them is compulsion. Do you drink when you don't wanna? Not like you don't want to because you know you shouldn't...but you don't want to because you don't feel like a
Day 14 - Take It Easy
Aphorisms and crap. You walk into any AA "room" and you see these stupid signs all over the walls that mean what? You dunno cause you're not in the "program" yet. Eventually someone who is blabbering on and on...and on...mentions one of them in their dr
Day 13 - Witching Hour
Is there a time of day when you start feelin' a bit "squirrelly?" For me, it's between three and six. Not sure why. That's when I like to drink. I call it the "witching hour" and if I can get through it, I have a good chance to make it to tomorrow without
Day 9 - Quit Drinking Forever
What? You mean you are not for complete abstinence forever and you always have a "disease" and all that crap? Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â No, I'm not. But maybe... In today's episode I ponder over a smoothie on my way to work whether or not I shoul
Day 8 - Tough Day Sober
Not every day is rainbows and unicorns. A tough day may seem even rougher if you can't ease the pain a bit or jump "out of your own skin". Yesterday sucked ass and well, I just dealt with it. In today's podcast, I ramble on about the sucky days and a
Day 7 - Resentments
Workin' away here, folks. Today's podcast is a ramble about resentments and how you kill those nasty buggers. Of course I talk a bit more about the book I'm reading. Â What "flips your switch??" What puts that bee in your bonnet that pushes you past your
Day 6 - Counting Sober Days: Don’t do it.
Today I have six days sober and I'm gonna try and explain why it's bad for me to present my "success" this way. Counting days sober ain't the best thing to do unless you are looking for a real good reason to drink again if and when you slip. I discuss wha