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It’s been a while.
The exact measurement of a “while” – 11 days.
What has happened? A whole hell of a lot. Or should I say, a whole “helloween” of a lot.
Because Halloween happened. It was an amazing time and I didn’t think about drinking for more than a few seconds. There were two dance parties happening [...]
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I’m freaking out! It’s about my economic situation. I am broke.
To make matters worse, some idiotic decisions are coming back to haunt me. I have an awful habit of driving without insurance. A habit that caused me to accrue over $700 dollars in fines.
Luckily, I paid them off.
Unluckily, I got pulled [...]
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My 30 day experiment is quite over – What do I do now?
In this post I’ll answer one small part of that question: What do I do about my drinking now?
Here are my options:
Lay down an ultimatum – I will never drink again.
Pros: Being the decider.
Cons: Being like “the decider” – a man who’s [...]
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That’s a Wrap…Psych!
It has been forty days (and forty nights).
When I started this blog I set a few goals for myself:
document my experience staying sober not drinking for thirty days
share with people who are struggling to find balance in their drug use
maintain my resolve
develop my blogging, writing, and ability to attract readers (read: web marketing, social [...]
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SNL is still funny.
more about "untitled", posted with vodpod
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Poverty
Today is Blog Action Day. It’s about poverty.
All of my thinking about the world poverty situation is informed by this lecture by Hans Rosling.
And here is a great song that isn’t about poverty.
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There is a great scene from the 80s movie, Broadcast News, where Holly Hunter’s character, Jane, has what I like to think of as a scheduled breakdown. She is in her hotel room and has just agreed to meet her co-worker in the lobby in half an hour.
She hangs up — takes the phone off [...]
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Resting on My Laurels
Today is my 26th day without drinking. I haven’t felt inspired to write a great post, so I’ll serve up this essay I wrote several years ago. It is, perhaps, an answer to the question, “Why smoke cigarettes?”
Cigarette
The first fifteen minutes of my drive to campus wind past a field which is topped, for a [...]
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Taming Our Habit Creatures
Every grown-up man consists wholly of habits, although he is often unaware of it and even denies having any habits at all. ~Georges Gurdjieff
I’ve been thinking a lot about habits the past three days and I think I’ve come up with a great way to look at them…
We are not merely creatures of habit, we [...]
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I started this blog with a question. It is about time I take a shot at answering it. Excuse the facetiousness.
So.
Why do I drink?
I drink to…
Have a fire to gather around. – Booze is a social drink, a pool that all fellow drinkers swim in, a fire to gather around. Of course, a fire [...]
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Experience not Expertise
The 30-day Nephalist began as an experiment to help me quit drinking and to explore how I felt about it. I am not an expert and my greatest nightmare is to provide fuel for someone's rationalizations about their drug or alcohol use.
What I am:
- A 32-year old who has stopped drinking but continued smoking nicotine and marijuana.
- A former member of Narcotics Anonymous who once abstained from all drugs, including alcohol, for about 7 years
- Someone who wants you to do the right thing, even if it is hard
What I am NOT:
- An expert.
- An enabler.
