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Updated: Meet The Discovering Alcoholic
In the past I posted an updated introduction every so often for new readers, but with the new format a “Meet TDA” is available so now all you have to do is click on the tab above. You have probably...
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Stop Trying to Drink Yourself into Sobriety
Thinking about sobriety? No one ever gets sober with a drink in hand, here’s two reasons why it’s absolutely necessary to put down the bottle and let the hurt begin. Drunkard’s megalomania: A...
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Addiction Science No Longer Just the Stuff of Fiction
Back in the 70’s Larry Niven wrote about the addicts of the future that basically plugged into the “juice”, hooked on a wire that directly stimulated the pleasure center of the brain. It wasn’t just...
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Where the Filed Things Are
I was going through and trying to fix some broken links in the archives and ran across this favorite from 2-1/2 years back. Figured I’d finish up with the site maintenance and use this for my update...
View ArticleOn-Demand Vomiting: The Prequel to Choking the Gag Reflex
It was one of the top ten signs that I was becoming an alcoholic during the days of my still social binge drinking that I mastered the art of on-demand vomiting. Developed as a preventive measure to...
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Fear of Flying High
I’m dealing with a family medical emergency, so I’m using the way-back machine to resurrect another favorite from the 2007 version TDA. I’ll have an update on what’s going on in my life later this week...
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B-List icon and primetime drunk David Hasselhoff was torched by his “peers” at this Comedy Central Roast as they cranked the dial up to high broil with some scathing shots on his alcoholism. Obviously...
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TDA’s Secret Spell of Sobriety
On the road and out of steam- so here’s one from the archives. Inevitably I have someone come up after a recovery meeting to ask me what is the secret to long term sobriety and recovery. It is usually...
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Choking the Gag Reflex
BY REQUEST FROM THE ARCHIVES. Drink too much and then vomit, it’s an equation that has held true since man first learned about fermentation. The body switches over to auto mode when so much alcohol is...
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Rational Recovery is Pure Partisanship
Wife’s chemotherapy and offline work taking precedence, so here’s another from the 07 archive. par•ti•san (pär t -z n) n. 1. A fervent, sometimes militant supporter or proponent of a party, cause,...
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Famous Alcoholics: Stephen King on the Liar’s Disease
We’re in full swing on the chemotherapy, I’ll try to do an update soon. Until then, here is one of the most popular posts from the 2007 archives. I took up the challenge to occasionally highlight a...
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I Demand Euphoria!
Thank you Bobby Jean for making me think about Calvin and Hobbes again- they always make me laugh. A much needed break from the 2007 TDA archives reminds me even serious subjects have a lighter side....
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Update: The Prometa Plunge Nears Rock Bottom
Below is a post I made back in 2008 about Prometa which was being promoted by pharmaceutical company Hythiam as a breakthrough drug for the treatment of meth and cocaine addiction. I had followed with...
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Sober Toolbox Additions
It’s fun to go back in time. The best from the past without any fluff. All these posts are from the spring of 2009. Substance Abuse Fight: Dinosaurs, Airplanes, and the Vestigial Ashtray – where are...
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Sharing – What’s It Like To Overdose On Alcohol?
Most recovery programs involve the act of sharing your story, whether it be one on one with a professional, in groups held by various recovery groups, or rehab. Sharing allows individuals to talk...
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