So, I said I'd check in this week . . . I went to my second SMART Recovery meeting today. I slipped up this week, but I'm back on the wagon again. Every day brings new chances and choices.

Just FYI, I looked the book up on Amazon and it is retitled “The End of My Addiction.” Here is the book I have, it is the same author.

Hey! So very happy to help. SMART Recovery has online meetings, but I found this in-person meeting to be really, really good. And, no praying, higher power, powerlessness, moral inventory — any of that stuff. There aren’t many open SMART meetings here, I am actually driving about 30-40 miles one way to get there. As I…

Using a burner, because even though I’m gray, I’ve been around forever and some people know who I really am.

I’m late to this story and I’m gonna use a burner, well, because. I was hospitalized in April 2012 with pancreatitis. Cause: excessive drinking. So many “reasons” for that, but whatever. The ER/admitting doctor was an old, white, judgmental asshole. Cold, condescending jerk. It is the most pain I’ve ever experienced…