Don G. Dinsdale Loc: El Cajon, CA (San Diego County)

If None of This Pertains To You You Might Know Someone Who's Life Could Be Saved By You Sharing This With Them... Don D.

This Is 100% True, I Know From Personal Experience, The Latest Being My Son Who Was Only 52: IF YOU'RE AND ALCOHOLIC or DRUG ADDICT, THERE ARE ONLY THREE THINGS THAT CAN HAPPEN TO YOU... (1) YOU GET LOCKED UP, JAIL, PRISON OR NUT HOUSE! (2) YOU GET COVERED UP, MEANING YOUR DEAD!! (3) YOU GET SOBERED UP!!! GOOD LUCK... Don D.
Dead People In My Family From Alcohol:
1. Father Age 39!
2. Step-Father Age 59!
3. Mother Age 63!
4. Brother Age 60!
5. Best Friend, Denis H. Age 44!
6. Another Friend, Jim L. Age 27!
7. Son Age 52! [My Son Said He Would Do It (Get Sober) His Way, And He Did, What a Shame!]

Alcoholism & Drug Addiction Is No Fricking Joke Folks!!! Don D.

January 29, 2018

Quote of The Week

“I can’t turn back the clock, but I can wind it up again.”


One of the fears I had when I got sober was that I had ruined large parts of my life, and that the damage I had done was permanent. I spent many nights wishing I could go back in time and make different, better decisions. As I went over and over these things, I was overcome with shame, and remorse, and resentment. At times, I felt like my life was over, and that things wouldn’t turn out okay for me.

In working the Steps, I began to come to terms with the things I did, and I discovered the causes and conditions for why I did them. As I took the focus off others, and even off the past, I concentrated on making things right in the present. I built a relationship with my Higher Power, I cleaned house and made amends, and soon I found that I had built an archway through which I could once again connect with my fellows.
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The gift of the program for me came when I realized that I was given a second chance and a new life. I felt the joy they talk about in the program when I found that while I couldn’t change the past, I could create a new future. One day at a time, I took the right actions, and each time I did my life changed, I became a new man, and soon I found I was living in the sunlight of the spirit. Each day, I know the clock of my life has been wound up again, and today I have the freedom to make it the way I truly want it to be.

bahmer

My brother in law passed at age 63 in Sept. of 2017. He had abused both alcohol and drugs but had become clean for a number of years but the effects of years of abuse took there toll on his body.

archie bunker Loc: Texas

Don, this hits closer to home than you know.
God willing, I'll be on the road Thursday traveling to my brothers place just to give him a hug, and maybe shed a tear, or two, and let him know I'm here. For whatever it's worth.
His 33 year old daughter (my niece) isn't long for this world because of the demons she can't shake. We are all waiting on that call. It's just a matter of time now.
It makes my heart hurt.

scottsatrucker Loc: southern Oregon

I'm an 80-year-old man. Except for the time I spent in the Army I was an owner operator truck driver all my life. I have a daughter who is the wife of a preacher, and a son who lives under a bridge. Twice I bought a truck for my son to drive hoping to give him a new start in life. Both times the drugs took him back to a life of living as a lost sole. I must tell you that if you held a gun to my head and ordered me to shot up. smoke up or snort up a drug I would tell you to pull the f***ing trigger. I HATE the asses who sell that crap with a passion. I believe that a drug dealer should be tried for murder. They are killing our kids as surely as a man with a gun. Maybe not as fast, but just as deadly. I know as a Christian I'm told to forgive a sinner but that is one sin I will never forgive. Sorry to get on a rant like this but you all hit a nerv on this post.

no propaganda please Loc: moon orbiting the third rock from the sun

Alcohol and drugs became a major part of my brothers life after my fathers rejection of him when our father found out that my brother had been molested for about two years. It became a part of my life for a few years, but I was blessed with help from good people after I left home as soon as I graduated from high school. The destruction of lives of good people is a major problem for America, made worse by the destruction of the family pushed by the leftists and celebrated by the "Progressives" and their socialist managers.

bahmer

Amen and Amen

wolffy

I know what it's all about! I was a severe alcoholic for about 40 years. I quit 6 years ago. My health has gone down hill because of it. Diabetes,3 heart attacks open heart surgery etc. Several DUI s and other legal problems. My only regret is that I didn't quit after my very first drink!!

okie don

Advice my dad gave me years ago:
" Between a piece of azz and a whiskey glass, many a man has lost his azz"
So true! (:

Don G. Dinsdale Loc: El Cajon, CA (San Diego County)

Congratulation, 6 Years Is a long Time Between Martinis... Don D.

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kenvrla Loc: East Tx Piney Woods

True...lost a brother at 41 from alchohol. Deadly stuff. Moderation with anything is key.

NannyPat39

I have a 19 yr old grandson who began smoking pot when he was 16. We all knew it and he never denied it. I told him that it wouldn't be long before pot wouldn't be enough he would want something stronger. He always said no, that wouldn't happen but , of course, it did. He stole from his mom, when his dad died and left him some money he went through it in a month. Finally, he got his mom's debit card and got money for drugs. He went to jail and when it came time for him to be sentenced I asked the judge to send him to "Teen Challenge" a year long program for alcohol, drugs, anger issues and more. He has been there 2 months and he seems to be doing well.,we can't see him until Mar. 25. He writes every week
We are so thankful for the Teen Challenge program. After spending a month in jail he was ready to go, said he would dig ditches if they would let him out.,