tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759421079279172044.post5338291558786668446..comments2024-01-01T15:38:28.710-05:00Comments on The Immortal Alcoholic: Surviving the Chaos: Let me in!!Linda Bartee Doynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01820717772193440848noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759421079279172044.post-74893797691079577712017-11-02T14:24:18.691-04:002017-11-02T14:24:18.691-04:00I looked into leaving. A lawyer said there was hel...I looked into leaving. A lawyer said there was help out there, but not to count on getting it. So unless I could afford to live on my own, I was stuck. Since he was not violent, and as long as I put up with his sh**, we began saying, "life begins after daddy goes to sleep". My kids have since grown up and moved out. But my husband is like a three year old. He has no idea of anything in the past. He's famous for saying ,"I must have had a good reason'. He's been on deaths door so many times. But I still don't make enough to live on my own. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10321364227439453649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759421079279172044.post-40154209887669026942014-01-06T17:01:20.492-05:002014-01-06T17:01:20.492-05:00I spent 1 -1/2 years ending my drinking. I went fr...I spent 1 -1/2 years ending my drinking. I went from months of sobriety back to weekend drinking episodes until I finally had a moment of clarity. Call it an epiphany. I could finally see clear from buying the initial drink, the shame of being drunk, right through to the suffering from withdrawal and decided I did not want that life anymore. I can also tell you that counselors and AA did not make any difference in my life. Think of yourself as 2 people. One is normal and the other is an addict. Nothing will change until you reach inside yourself and decide that the normal you is stronger than the addict. Then you can begin to take control of your life again and be free from drink. You can really do this if you really want to. Mike B.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759421079279172044.post-6913050485653346382014-01-03T18:42:22.981-05:002014-01-03T18:42:22.981-05:00I don't agree with Mike B. I have been strugg...I don't agree with Mike B. I have been struggling to stay sober for many years with 3 rehabs and AA. I need to hear the true pain I am causing to myself and my partner of 11 years. I just turned 40, sober since 1 Jan this year. I hope to FINALLY turn my life around and not continue to be a slave to the wine store. Thanks so much for your blog, a real wake up call for me.Trish from AustraliaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759421079279172044.post-80504511238971113632014-01-03T14:38:11.657-05:002014-01-03T14:38:11.657-05:00Mike B, if only it were that easy. I am very glad...Mike B, if only it were that easy. I am very glad that you are in recovery. Please stay in a good place. My best to you.<br />ChaunceyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759421079279172044.post-58743466400609499402014-01-03T11:19:45.646-05:002014-01-03T11:19:45.646-05:00I find it sad that your blog does not contain any ...I find it sad that your blog does not contain any hope at all. There are many of us alcoholics that are in recovery and have regained our lives yet you all seem to live in the "poor me world". I can not understand any person that would stay with an terminal alcoholic unless it was for financial reasons. Any sane person would run for their lives. Stop feeling sorry for yourselves and making excuses for staying with your alcoholic person. Leave them and start your life over. Be happy.Mike B.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759421079279172044.post-47957741957337582662013-12-24T16:19:31.229-05:002013-12-24T16:19:31.229-05:00Dear Anonymous from comment on 11/26/13.
I too wo...Dear Anonymous from comment on 11/26/13.<br /><br />I too wonder if I will ever stop being angry at all of the uproar my husband (the alcoholic in our family) has caused. <br /><br />I know exactly what you mean.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759421079279172044.post-91324872840326861912013-12-19T00:48:43.549-05:002013-12-19T00:48:43.549-05:00Gee, long time since we have heard about Riley and...Gee, long time since we have heard about Riley and how he is doing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759421079279172044.post-26133423475612528072013-12-14T22:46:49.767-05:002013-12-14T22:46:49.767-05:00I like what you guys are up too. Such clever work ...I like what you guys are up too. Such clever work and coverage!<br />Keep up the fantastic works guys I've incorporated you <br />guys to our blogroll.<br /><br />Stop by my homepage :: <a href="http://Palast-webkatalog.com/user/history/jacobwith/" rel="nofollow">http://ingifts-berlin.blogspot.de</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759421079279172044.post-33945766904061343222013-11-26T23:57:46.626-05:002013-11-26T23:57:46.626-05:00Today has been a "I hate all alcoholics and a...Today has been a "I hate all alcoholics and anything involving alcohol" day.<br /><br />Living with an alcoholic is like someone stealing your mansion from you, moving in, then having the utter GALL to offer to rent out a space in the shed for you. <br /><br /> I hate what they do to people. Wonder if I will ever not be angry.<br /><br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759421079279172044.post-52263488841172420792013-11-21T14:50:27.870-05:002013-11-21T14:50:27.870-05:00Below is the invitation link to OARS:
http://oars...Below is the invitation link to OARS:<br /><br />http://oarsffgroup.ning.com/?xgi=5n0cNQDriWr0FH<br /><br />It changes about once a month.Linda Bartee Doynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01820717772193440848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759421079279172044.post-76713837173311146882013-11-21T12:44:40.450-05:002013-11-21T12:44:40.450-05:00Is there a way that a new OARS invitation can by a...Is there a way that a new OARS invitation can by added. The two links on the site are telling me that the invitation has expired.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759421079279172044.post-62328116368164899552013-11-19T14:34:43.049-05:002013-11-19T14:34:43.049-05:00Oh how I wish we were like NC. In Ohio there is al...Oh how I wish we were like NC. In Ohio there is alcohol in almost every store, including drug stores. They might not all carry the 'hard' stuff' but there's no worry here in finding alcohol to buy.Bevnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759421079279172044.post-88503595480164693462013-11-19T10:30:51.216-05:002013-11-19T10:30:51.216-05:00I enjoy your blog very much. It has given me a lo...I enjoy your blog very much. It has given me a lot of information and insight knowing that I am not alone.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759421079279172044.post-61779259368121135182013-11-19T09:26:58.142-05:002013-11-19T09:26:58.142-05:00I didn't know that about NC. I have only visi...I didn't know that about NC. I have only visited once many years ago on a business trip to the research triangle. Of course I was in a hotel where getting a drink wasn't an issue - I don't remember that being a particularly bad time either... frankly I remember very little of that trip other than my luggage got mislaid in transit at Boston and arrived late in the night much to my relief.<br /><br />Interesting - you point out the issues for the "a large percentage of “drinkers”." you have on the island - but still you have this level of control over supply of the stuff. In the UK now you can buy the stuff 24x7 from so many places - even garages (gas stations) sell it. You drive up put some fuel in (if you feel you need to cover up why you are there) go in to pay and say "Oh whilst I'm here (8am in the morning) can I have a bottle of scotch (or whatever)." I'm annoyed with my local large store, they have bottles all in the entrance as it is Christmas deal time despite this therefore being right in view of kids etc.<br /><br />Still - one thing I might see this now but I don't need to buy it - for that today I am gratefully soberFurtheronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11903753972242964410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759421079279172044.post-55051515577650121372013-11-19T07:43:02.289-05:002013-11-19T07:43:02.289-05:00Another great post... Love this blog!!Another great post... Love this blog!!Gzusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16135671551320945151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759421079279172044.post-28343643224483055332013-11-19T07:42:13.969-05:002013-11-19T07:42:13.969-05:00Another great post! Love this blog!!Another great post! Love this blog!!Gzusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16135671551320945151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759421079279172044.post-33061799579853664662013-11-18T12:25:04.289-05:002013-11-18T12:25:04.289-05:00Oh my late husband planned better than that! Afte...Oh my late husband planned better than that! After he died, my sons and I found his stash that he had hidden in a "secret storage room" in the garage. The full cans and bottles filled up two of the largest sized recycle bins our city gives to us! The sanitation workers must have thought we were insane!afterthefire1964https://www.blogger.com/profile/17718515709192293074noreply@blogger.com