At the moment my friend called herself an alcoholic, I knew she was telling me the truth. She had let the Gennie out of the bottle and there was no putting it back.
“Do you have a problem with alcohol?” “No Sir, I have a problem without.”
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I had this iron rule. I would not hire anybody with a felony for a violent crime, and I would not hire an addict. And now guess what? Exactly! I hired a new helper for my workshop, and she is both. She is an addict, and she spent one year in prison for a violent crime. Continue reading
A man found a cocoon of a butterfly.
One day a small opening in the cocoon appeared. He sat and watched the butterfly for several hours as it struggled to force its body through that little hole. Then it seemed to stop making any progress. It appeared as if it had gotten as far as it could, and it could go no further. So the man decided to help the butterfly. He took a pair of scissors and snipped off the remaining bit of the cocoon. The butterfly then emerged easily. But it had a swollen body and small, shriveled wings.
Maggie and her blog sobercourage grabbed my attention right from the start, when I decided to blog about my quit-smoking journey. Her blog is about her own struggle with alcoholism and the way she turned her life around. She is sober since 2008 and her blog is such an inspiration for so many. She is paying it forward the same way I do and I just adore her. Her writing and her story made me understand addiction a little bit more. She is helping so many…I am proud to be one of her blogging friends and followers. Continue reading
The happy Quitter! 