Category: Recovery

  • Recall Notice:

    The Maker of all Human Beings is recalling all units manufactured, regardless of make or year, due to a serious defect in the primary and central component of the mind and body.  This is due to a malfunction in the original prototype units code named Alcoholism, resulting in the reproduction of the same defect in…

  • in•san•i•ty (in-‘san-ət-ē) n.,

    Doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results each time.IYAD WYAD YAG WYAG.Persistent mental disorder or derangement.

  • Is that right

    This page I scanned out of the Hazelden recovery catalog contained an interesting caution (Lower right corner, click the image to see it in full size):Note: Because these movies contain scenes of individuals using alcohol and drugs, they may be inappropriate for viewing by individuals in treatment or recovery.That’s quite an interesting thing to include…

  • Are these extravagant consequences?

    If I am careless about this phase of my development, I will be lost before I am halfway through.  I will renew my obsession with alcohol and sacrifice all true happiness.  I will forget the word serenity and have no peace.  No matter how far down the scale I have already gone I will fall…

  • Huzzah

    Even unemployed is better than life in 1999.Thanks to all who help me maintain my serenity — you know who you are.

  • Don’t leave, we need you here

    There is a big difference between saying what you do and doing what you say.Learn to listen; listen to learn.Many of us fail to recognize opportunity because most of the time it is disguised as hard work.I’m not one of those people who has memorized the Big Book.  I figure that’s OK because it’s all…

  • Software specifications

    A specification that will not fit on one page of 8.5 by 11-inch paper cannot be understood.Mark Ardis