Alcoholism

Things I’ve noticed in others since going sober. — It wasn’t until I stopped drinking alcohol that I noticed things I hadn’t before. When I tell people I’ve stopped drinking, their reactions are interesting. I notice them more now and see that often they can be grouped into response types. The ones who look disappointed Some people give me a look of disappointment, whether…

The sound echoes in the house An echo that resounds In an empty skeleton No one rushes To keep it safe and sound I look around My head pounds The heart cries As I fall on the ground In a blur, I pass out Wake up, and found Glasses in my skin Yet no pain comes In the pool of drinks Pain and pleasure I often think I look around The bottles Shaking their crown My hand reaches out And knocks a crown out

Grieving my father doesn’t change the heart of our estrangement — In the weeks after my dad died, I kept apologizing to him. “I’m sorry Daddy” I would cry and whisper out loud, in my head, on a loop. I was sorry for not being there for him when he passed, sorry I hadn’t known how ill he had been, that…

Delving into the depths of regret and the unforgiving aftermath that alcohol creates — For as Long as there has been alcohol, there have been wild nights followed by regretful mornings. The kind of regret that grips your soul and makes you question every decision you made while under the influence. Let’s be honest, we’ve all been there. Waking up with a pounding headache…

One Family’s Story About That “Other Hotel California” Of Mental Health Fame — Funny how a brown shattered beer bottle on a downtown sidewalk brings back the past, The smell of spilled beer spans six decades of memories that still last But for me, the nightmare of a horrifying scene is all today mixed up in thought, Of what I saw that day, a reminder of…

While the pandemic spread, life’s regular problems became worse, bringing my social anxiety and autism to the surface. A bottle of vodka became an appealing type of temporary pleasure. Alcohol: The Delusion of Rescue: The restricting relationships with social anxiety appear to ease under the effects of alcohol. a conversation, laughter, and social media interaction…

Five tips from five months being alcohol-free. — Navigating nights out can be one of the more challenging things to deal with when you first give up drinking alcohol. It was something I dreaded. When booze was always the crutch keeping you sociable, relaxed and awake until the early hours, it can be a bumpy adjustment to finding…

Drunken Peeing / “Hello Officer” — Writing about alcoholism and recovery on Medium has caused me to look back in time a lot more than I normally do. One result of that is to remind me of some of the worst, most stupid, and most dangerous moments that I endured. Another result is that it is…

SO…. I joined a great church in the mid 1990s, and had some great times with the younger of the two singles groups (20s-30s). They had previously had a guest speaker, Ken Brumley from Green Acres Baptist Church in Tyler Texas. He came in the 1980s and was the keynote…