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Tag Archives: putting recovery first
11 months
A couple days ago, I reached eleven months sober. A year is coming, and a dark thought occurs to me: a year would be enough. A year and I can relapse. And I can come back. There’s no part of … Continue reading
Posted in what it's like now
Tagged addiction, alcoholism, putting recovery first, recovery, rehab, relapse, sobriety
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is for
I made flyers for the blog: a photo and a URL and a quote. I thought I’d leave them at dedicated meeting places, maybe only outside my hometown. My friend suggested leaving them at bars. I said I didn’t want … Continue reading
Posted in travel, what it was like, what it's like now
Tagged AA meetings, addiction, Alcoholics Anonymous, alcoholism, blog philosophy, meetings, New York, putting recovery first, SoHo, writing
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Milan
I spent two weeks in Italy when I was 7 months sober. I saw the Vatican, the Trevi fountain, the River Arno sitting green and still in Florence. I was nervous about traveling. I thought about geographics, about how as … Continue reading
Posted in travel, what it's like now
Tagged AA meetings, action, addiction, Alcoholics Anonymous, alcoholism, Cancun, Chianti, Florence, Italy, meetings, Milan, Positano, Puerto Rico, putting recovery first, River Arno, theVatican, travel, Trevi fountain, understanding
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Puerto Rico
I missed the sunset in Esperanza, a beach town on the Caribbean side of Vieques, where it is supposed to be the most beautiful. I sat eating fish and chips and waiting for the sun to drop, but it was … Continue reading
Posted in travel, what it's like now
Tagged addiction, alcoholism, Puerto Rico, putting recovery first, recovery, travel
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geographics
A man at this meeting said he was going to move to Minnesota to get away from his high stress job and all the people he knows that he parties with and all the places he’d go to score or … Continue reading
Posted in what it's like now
Tagged AA meetings, addiction, Alcoholics Anonymous, alcoholism, geographic, geographics, hopelessness, identity, meeting, Minnesota, putting recovery first, recovery, rehab, speaking, treatment
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New York
Recently I took a trip to New York City. I went to a meeting in SoHo. I still haven’t decided if I should name the meetings I go to, or leave the names out to increase the chances for anonymity. … Continue reading
