Category Archives: General Thoughts

My life has been pretty full these last six years.  As my children (now 15 & 18) have passed through middle-school and into (and soon out of) high school, I have been so involved in their lives.  This would have … Continue reading →

This is the longest I’ve been sober since I was 15 years old.  It’s also been the longest period of sobriety I’ve ever had.  I once did 4 years – but fell right off the wagon one afternoon.  It was … Continue reading →

How the hell did that happen? I never would have EVER imagined that I could stop drinking.  I truly envisioned the end of my life would approach through the end of a bottle.  By the Grace of God and some … Continue reading →

Wow.  It’s been three years.  As I look back on my life I can say with no doubt whatsoever that I’d be dead or in prison if I hadn’t stopped drinking.  I’ll be 48 this Friday and am astounded at … Continue reading →

What a difference three years makes.  I’ve been sober for almost three years now, although it’s still a day by day thing for me.  My life has gotten a lot better in the last three years – I’m spending more … Continue reading →

It’s a good read – click here to go meet Roger. (This link was previously published on the Chicago Sun Times website – Roger passed away a few years ago and they’ve since removed the content.  I found it elsewhere … Continue reading →

In other words, I haven’t really been visiting www.recovering-alcoholic.com all that much.  I just cleaned out about 900 robot spam comments.  Apologies if I’ve missed a comment from you and you aren’t a robot! I’ve been sober about two years … Continue reading →

It’s been nine months (nine months seventeen days if you’re counting!) of sobriety. Continue reading →

And it’s been pretty quiet here at recovering-alcoholic.com.  I’ve thought often of blogging over the last many weeks, but haven’t made the time to sit down and do it.  As a matter of fact, I’ve consciously steered away from it … Continue reading →

The fellowship and the common foe mean a great deal to me. I’ll expand upon this more in a later post, but for now, I’m out the door. Continue reading →