Social Acceptability Does Not Equal Recovery
When I was 19 I worked out that every time I tried to stop drinking I would smoke more weed and vice versa. I knew that I had to stop both, but I didn’t know how. I looked up the white pages and found a helpline. I ended up in a private rehab and it …
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“Do 90 meetings in 90 days. You know, when I got out of Jail I did 90 in 90. And I’m the only person I know with long term recovery that stayed clean in jail and stayed clean when I got out. My friend was 20 years clean, did his time clean, but relapsed when …
About a year ago.. Is this a nightmare? I wake up in the parents accommodation at Ronald McDonald House opposite the Queensland Children’s Hospital. I look at my phone. Damn it’s 4am, too late to vape. I have to be up at 5.30 because Tommy wakes up just before 6 and I like to be …
I’ve got a stressful weekend ahead. I hate it that I even consider it stressful. I don’t have to work, I get to go and see my kids, and my mum and her husband are coming up. They are not perfect, but nice enough and since I stopped using in 2000 they have been very …
Hey Micky. How was your weekend? It was ok. It’s so much better now that Tommy has carers. The pressure is off. It doesn’t feel so much like work, but it still tires me. Yeah, family can be tiring. I think it’s me that makes it tiring. How so? Well, I watch my mum around …
“Oh, it was marvellous. Weed is so good after a break for 2 weeks. Guess what?” “What?” “I’m going to Thailand in 2 days.” “Then I’ll be right behind you brother. I’ll be there in 5” It was too busy this time of yeah to give Timmy a whole week off so I only said …
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It’s the 17th of October. I fly to Thailand in 2 days for a holiday. I have done all my work, said goodbye to my kids, and have no responsibilities until then. I haven’t had 2 days without business or kids responsibilities for months. I can do whatever I want today. What do I want …
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I go to the men’s NA meeting for the 2nd week and get asked to share: Hi, I’m Nick and I’m an addict. Wow, I haven’t said those words for a while. It feels good. I came here last week and was able to get a glimpse of the love I used to feel from …
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I awake and look at the dim morning light coming through the blinds. I reach over to my chest of draws and pick up my phone, 5:01 - time to get up. I sit up on the edge of my bed. I had a decent sleep. I expect tonight’s sleep will not be so good, …
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I’m moving warehouse. I hate it. I’m meant to hate it, moving is hard. It will be better when things are done, but it’s hard to imagine. Time will pass I reassure myself. In a couple of months this will all be a distant memory. I wake up and have to work. I am paying …
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