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  • A Cure For Alcoholism
    I have often compared being “powerless over alcohol” with being “powerless over the human condition,” when trying to give an example of how the disease of alcoholism robs us of any measure of control over our lives. The alcoholic is powerless over alcohol because there is no cure. People want a cure for alcoholism. Because there is no cure for the “human condition” and our addictive personalities, there is no cure for alcoholism.
  • Addiction Is Like Drowning!
    The expressions on their faces reflect their experience of helplessness and fear, when people recall what it is like to come close to drowning. It’s difficult at best to try to imagine what near drowning is like for those of us who have not gone through that experience, but the frightening tales that are shared in our group discussion on spirituality and 12-Step bring a chilling illustration to our understanding of the first three steps.
  • Alcohol More Important Than Life
    As a baseball fan, I appreciate the film “A League of their Own,” starring Tom Hanks, Geena Davis, Madonna and Rosie O’Donnell. It’s the story about the women’s professional baseball league, which was started because major League Baseball feared that the leagues would have to shut down because of World War II. The story within the story is about Tom Hank’s character, Jimmy Dugan, who was selected to manage the team. Jimmy was still young enough to be playing, but his career was cut short due to injury, sustained after a night on the town.
  • Alcoholism No Big Deal?
    The wife of George is so sure of herself. She proclaims with absolute certainty that compared to drug addiction, alcoholism is not a problem. There is no room for a dissenting opinion as she sweeps her husband’s drinking problem under the rug, as if he had never touched a drop. Do not take this woman on an African safari, because when the rhino charges, she’ll deny it.
  • Are Science and Religion
    It was a refreshing experience to hear the meeting of science and religion at the 42nd annual Spring Conference of the Wisconsin Association on Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse in Madison. In a society that has increasingly grown more secular since the 1960’s, to have a distinguished psychiatrist share his belief that religion plays a vital part in recovery is evidence to support the claim that science and religion do not have to be mutually exclusive.
  • But Officer, I Slept It Off !
    There is an old folk song that asks the question, “What do you do with a drunken sailor?” The answer was “Put him to bed until he’s sober.” Bed is probably the best place for someone who has had too much to drink, but when does that person become sober? The answer might surprise you.
  • Can‘t Let Go, Can’t Get Help
    “Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.”

    Step 3 of the 12-Step process offers so many people so much difficulty. I call it the “G” word, which in modern American society is a major stumbling block. The idea of God loving us, or caring for us, might provide a warm and fuzzy, but the idea of actually allowing God to take over and guide us is an entirely different matter. Having someone else telling us to do something, or how to do something, or the idea of us not being in control over our lives is problematic.
  • Double Whammy: Adolescent Brain and the Adolescent brain on Drugs
    I think I’m like most people who used to believe that the brain matured at the end of childhood. Wow, how could I have been that wrong? Do parents know this? Probably not. The brain actually doesn’t mature until a person reaches 24 years of age.
  • Drug Addiction Treatment
    The old joke goes something like this:

    “I keep hitting myself on the head with a hammer because it feels so good when I stop.”

    It’s a playground joke, but there is humor in it and there is humor in it because it contains an element of truth. I inflict damage to myself, trying to experience a moment of pleasure. Addiction is like hitting yourself in the head with a hammer.
  • Drying Out Is Not Enough
    Getting sober is not the only answer to alcohol abuse or alcoholism. I say that because people think that as long as somebody isn’t drunk, they’re sober. The idea of a dry drunk is hard to get your hands around, but it’s the key point to understanding that just because somebody isn’t drunk or isn’t drinking, that doesn’t mean they are free from dependence on alcohol or free from their alcoholism.
  • Family Matters
    Everybody knew that “Jerry” needed to get some help with his drinking. His routine of having a couple of drinks with the boys after work began to include several after dinner drinks as well. The change in him was gradual, but over time everybody knew something had to be done. Jerry had missed meetings with his daughter’s teacher, and had not attended a soccer game or dance recital in months.
  • On The Go…Constantly
    In America there is an ever-growing segment of the population that is beginning to either reach or exceed record numbers, depending on the community. That group, a by-product of the changing American culture and values, tries to make a nearly impossible job into a normal, everyday way of life. The group is the swelling population of single moms.
  • Potential Stolen Away
    There was every reason to believe that Bob was going to do well in life. He had a creative intelligence and an organized approach to his profession that enabled him to put together teams of people for his projects, and those projects were clearly high quality. He had been valedictorian of his university class, and while others were dreaming of their “dream” job, Bob was already sailing along.
  • Recovery Now!
    The book of Ecclesiastes says there is nothing new under the sun, so when we decided to plan an internet radio program on drug addiction and alcoholism, we decided not to try to reinvent the wheel. When RECOVERY NOW debuts on Monday night, July 7, at 8:00 p.m. (EDT), there will be no bells and whistles, but we will try to present honest, solid information on how people can deal with drug addiction and alcoholism.
  • Religious Symbolism
    “Recovery is not complete until we become spiritual.” Those words began the presentation by Ashok Baldi, MD, at the 42nd annual Spring Conference of the Wisconsin Association of Alcohol and Other Drug Addiction. He added that healing does not come from doctors, healing “comes from the hand of God.”
  • Testing for DUI Not Easy
    Every once in a while you read the stories in the local paper, or see a piece on the evening news about a driver pulled over by police, who suspect a possible DUI situation. The field tests that are administered on the site are designed to screen for alcohol and drugs. According to DrunkDrivingDefence.com those tests are voluntary and defense attorneys strongly advise that people not take them. It further states that just because somebody is determined to be over the legal blood alcohol level that does not mean they are impaired.
  • The End Came All Too Soon
    I was saddened by the death of George Carlin. The tributes will come, as people of my generation remember his commentary on American life and culture. He was scheduled to receive the Mark Twain Prize for American humor later this year, and he will always be remembered for his “Seven Words You Can’t Say on Television” routine. So much of his comedy was edgy and stretched the limits of societal tolerance. He talked about the human condition and how people see the world and react to it.
  • Way Over the Line
    I’ll never forget the last time I saw my friend “Chuck.” He was in the hospital and went for a visit, having no idea how serious his condition was and certainly no idea that I would not see him again. We had worked together in the auto racing business for many years and I always like being around him, mainly because he was the life of the party.

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