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REFLECTIONS OF A LIFE....
- By CJA · New reply November 19, 2009
- Journal · 8 replies
- The noise from the kitchen spills out around the room like children playing on the playground. There's the scent of roasting turkey , fresh baked rolls, pecan pies and a touch of cinnamon floating through ...
So sick of pain today
- By deebelle · New reply November 17, 2009
- Journal · 94 replies
- So tired of this pain. I am so miserable today..so sad and angry, all at the same time. It hurts so bad. My pinched nerve in my back really hurting right leg, and groin and hip. Barely tolerable today ...
It’s the Holidays. How About Just One?
- By Peter · New reply November 9, 2009
- Discussion in In the news · 3 replies
- An interesting read, from the New York Times blogs. "I had my last drink nearly 16 years ago, so you’d think I would have assimilated pretty much every bit of unpleasantness associated with clean and ...
time for the neurosurgeon
- By deebelle · New reply November 2, 2009
- Journal · 22 replies
- I got my MRI results back yesterday and as I thought, the situation has gotten worse.....what probably concerns me is that two years ago I got an MRI at a local hospital. The findings were poor in that ...
FINALLY GETTING BETTER
- By nanomary · New reply November 1, 2009
- Journal · 4 replies
- AFTER 16 MONTHS OF TERRIBLE PAIN, INFECTION AND NOT BEING ABLE TO WALK, I AM FIANNLY GETTING BETTER!!!!!! PRAISE THE LORD!!!!! THANKS FOR PRAYERS ...
Expectations
- By deebelle · New reply October 7, 2009
- Discussion in Family and friends of alcoholics · 2 replies
- I goofed again. I had expectations. Al-anon meetings talk of this but I backslided and expected something of the two alcoholic kids.It deeply saddens me that what I believed was not going to happen. I ...
rehab
- By pantinker · New reply October 7, 2009
- Discussion in Family and friends of alcoholics · 25 replies
- my husband was in rehab for 7 day for alcoholism. He wrote a prayer calling the inmates angels. I have a problem with that. Is this normal for people in rehab ...
Please help
- By amanda12 · New reply September 25, 2009
- Discussion in Family and friends of alcoholics · 5 replies
- I've been married for 8 years and I knew my husband drank when we got married but I really new nothing about this disease. He went to work everyday and was very supportive of me. The 3 years ago he started ...
The hardest thing I ever had to do
- By pesky1 · New reply September 24, 2009
- Discussion in Family and friends of alcoholics · 3 replies
- My family struggles with addiction! We've all self medicated to avoid dealing with the woes in our lives and it has inhibited us from living for far too long. My oldest Brother left straight from graduation ...
ALCOHOLICS
- By Frostie · New reply September 22, 2009
- Discussion in Family and friends of alcoholics · 12 replies
- My husband is a Alcoholic he has to drink everyday don't get me wrong he works everyday but he treats like i'm not even here unless he wants to be intiment all other time i'm mentaly abused he says things ...
The Mistress
- By Dober · New reply September 21, 2009
- Journal · 4 replies
- My husband is having an affair with a mistress that I cannot compete with. It doesn’t matter how much money I make or how much weight I lose; I am always in her shadow, wilting and dying. I cannot compare ...
Finally back
- By nanomary · New reply September 20, 2009
- Journal · 1 reply
- WOW it seems like so long since I have been here. I have needed to journal for my own sake but just refused to do it. I had surgery Aug. 26 to reconstruct part of my pelvis and have my hip replaced. Surgery ...
New to this group
- By nanomary · New reply September 1, 2009
- Journal · 9 replies
- Hi everyone! Just joined this group. If there is one thing that really made an impact on who I am it is alcoholism..on both sides of the fence. As family member and alcoholic. Hope some of us can connect ...
One foot in front of the other......
- By CJA · New reply August 26, 2009
- Journal · 14 replies
- The thought of speaking about my drinking problem or any other problem I had wasn't what I feared, it was facing the problem at all. I have spoken in front of numberous persons before, revealing my scarred ...
Surgery in 2 days
- By nanomary · New reply August 26, 2009
- Journal · 5 replies
- In 2 days I go for surgery. reconstruction of part of my pelvis and a new hip. I wish there was an easier way. I told my husband that the next person that told me it was going to be great after it is ...
Confussed?
- By Smish · New reply August 25, 2009
- Discussion in Family and friends of alcoholics · 4 replies
- My best friend of 22 years told me this past weekend that she is an alcoholic. She and I both have been drinking since we were 14. She drinks several drinks at one setting, and realized she cannot stop ...
finding help
- By Tag · Posted August 24, 2009
- Discussion in Finding help · 0 replies
- One of the hardest hurdles for any acoholic to jump is to admit "I may be an alcoholic. Look at yourself realistically. Has your alcohol use increased over the years? Does it take more beer or liquor ...
new here
- By johnp · New reply August 22, 2009
- Discussion in My struggle with alcohol · 13 replies
- Trying to stop drinking and find friends online I can chat with about my problem w alchohol ...
I should have done this sooner
Guestbooks are now live!
- By TeamInspire · New reply August 15, 2009
- Journal · 6 replies
- Hello everyone, Last week we mentioned that we'd be adding guestbooks to Inspire in the near future, and they are now live! We're very excited about this feature and hope you enjoy it. To check out your ...
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