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Alcohol did NOT play a role in this incident. How often do you hear that statement!

Promoted to the front page from the user blogs. I want to thank Gatinha for posting this update to her series aptly titled My Story. You can find the previous postings from My Story here at Gatinha’s blog.

I can't believe it's been since January that I last posted. Where has time gone? The good news is that I haven't picked up that six pack. Something rather miraculous has happened since I posted my story. Telling it and letting it all hang out has apparently removed the obsession to drink.

I'm not saying that I am cured, because that is not possible. But whenever I think of alcohol I can only remember the pain, trauma, rapid heart beats, the sweats, the trembling and panic the day after, sleeping all day hoping that the fear and guilt would go away.

How different life is today. I'm on vacation for the summer, but I actually get out of bed around 8 a.m. For me that is early. I guess that I look different also, because people are complementing me and asking what I have done different with my hair and so on.

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Friday, August 31, 2007
LifeRing Story in San Francisco Bay Times
This is a story of how one addict was helped by an alternative recovery program. LifeRing Secular Recovery (LSR) was begun in the San Francisco area and has many meetings based in California. It's heartening to read this guy's story. He clearly needed another choice. Thanks to LifeRing, he got one. There is a link to the LifeRing website on the left of this blog. And here: www.unhooked.com.

LifeRing Offers Secular Recovery
By Tom Moon, MFT
Published: August 23, 2007