It’s a Balancing Act
I’m juggling a lot of balls in my mind. There’s a ball each for bipolar, anxiety, ADHD, and sobriety. If I allow one ball to stray, then all will fall. If I allow the bipolar ball to dip too low, I...
View ArticleOut for all that I can get
It all needs to be timed just so. Over- or under-estimating any element during the day will result in getting less of it into my body than is needed. How much is needed? All that I can get. I look...
View ArticleDay 176: Recovery and Reflections
Hi, my name is Mental Rollercoaster and I am a chicken. I am 176 days sober and I’ve spent the past 30 days putting off getting an AA sponsor. I know who I want to approach, but I always chicken out...
View ArticleEvil
To the alcoholic, booze is pure evil; it creates disastrous misfortune in a most insidious manner. It slowly, but ever-so progressively, takes hold of an alcoholic’s intuition, rational...
View ArticleLooking toward a sober 2014
There are just 35 days left in what has been one of the most difficult, exhausting, remarkable, overwhelming, conscious changing years of my 37 year life. On March 13, I made it through the day...
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