End of the Line
Between a Rock and a Hard Place Photo by Neal Hemphill When alcohol had me by the throat and made my decisions for me, it was brutal. I’d...
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Weekly dinner reservations.
Tonight, a detour.
Weekly dinner reservations.
Tonight, a detour.
Weekly dinner reservations.
Tonight, a detour.
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Tonight, a detour.
Weekly dinner reservations.
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jackfreedom76
- 1 day ago
- 3 min
The Thrill of the First Weed
I Joined the Club photo by Andrew Neel on unsplash: https://unsplash.com/@andrewtneel I’d smoked weed one time a couple years back, when...
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jackfreedom76
- 2 days ago
- 2 min
The Alcohol Industry Wants YOU
Don't Buy Into It Photo: Neal Hemphill As I passed a liquor store yesterday, I noticed an ad for Skrewball Peanut Butter Whiskey....
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jackfreedom76
- 4 days ago
- 2 min
No Bargaining
100 Proof Evidence photo by Henry Heng https://www.flickr.com/photos/harry525/ When I sobered up in 1989, I learned I had a progressive,...
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jackfreedom76
- 6 days ago
- 4 min
Memories of a Wild Man
To Lowell, May He Rest in Peace Lowell I had friends from a wide variety of cultures during my school days. This story is about my...
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jackfreedom76
- Mar 24
- 3 min
The Mindset of a Head
“Lose This Skin I’m Imprisoned In” - The Clash Photo by David Clode on Unsplash https://tinyurl.com/57n2xre5 Once I got deeply into drugs...
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jackfreedom76
- Mar 23
- 2 min
Boredom Is Not Exciting
And That's a Great Thing Photo by Robert Lukeman https://bit.ly/40vQeZb I’m pretty damn bored today. I have an ankle injury, and I’m...
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jackfreedom76
- Mar 22
- 3 min
Never Laugh Again
The End of Laughter, Forever. Ha! Photo: https://unsplash.com/@denisagati The last of my drinking years found me isolated. I’d been...
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jackfreedom76
- Mar 21
- 2 min
My Uncle Red
Dead at 44 from Cirrhosis Stoney’s / Smithton, PA https://tinyurl.com/szdyjbss That’s awfully young, isn’t it? There’s no good age to die...
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jackfreedom76
- Mar 19
- 3 min
Drunk Driving
How the term “Vehicular Homicide” got my attention Photo Hédi Benyounes https://unsplash.com/photos/G_gOhJeCpMg Writing this piece is...
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jackfreedom76
- Mar 17
- 2 min
Too Wasted to Walk, I Better Drive
Alcoholic Logic Photo: Donnell Culver I used to say and think and do the craziest shit! I said this, many times, and I fully meant it and...
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jackfreedom76
- Mar 16
- 3 min
Looking Into the Belly of the Beast
It’s Freaking Dark Down There photo: https://bit.ly/3YUSxnt I was across the country, in Seattle, for my old college roommates’ wedding....
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jackfreedom76
- Mar 15
- 2 min
Breaking the Chain
It Stops Right Here "Chains"by h20tubig One of the more powerful ideas I’ve come across in recovery is the idea of breaking the chain. I...
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jackfreedom76
- Mar 14
- 2 min
How Mike Tyson Helped Me Get Sober
You Win. I lose. I win. It was the late ’80’s. I was in deep trouble, but I didn’t know what the trouble was. Alcohol can put some...
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jackfreedom76
- Mar 27, 2022
- 2 min
Powerless is one helluva word
When I came to understand the depth of my addiction to alcohol, it was a terrifying realization. I hadn't understood that I had no...
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jackfreedom76
- Mar 25, 2022
- 1 min
Savoring
Savoring life's small moments of beauty is a joy that I've learned over the sober years of my life. Looking at this photo, I can remember...
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jackfreedom76
- Mar 25, 2022
- 2 min
Falling on the Subway Tracks
I have a sober friend who fell onto the subway tracks while completely drunk one night. It's one of those stories that really sticks with...
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Neal Hemphill
- Mar 11, 2022
- 1 min
Mood/Weather
Raining - let's stay in and drink. Raining - let's go to the old man bar and drink. Raining - I feel gloomy, think I'll drink. Raining -...
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Neal Hemphill
- Mar 3, 2022
- 1 min
No Enhancement Necessary
Like so many people in recovery, I used to think that I had to enhance every experience by adding alcohol and/or drugs to the equation....
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Neal Hemphill
- Mar 1, 2022
- 1 min
Seeing Double
Seeing Double...wow. That's a common and incredibly dangerous condition that comes with the territory of being drunk. Of course, I used...
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