Tales From a Professional Alcoholic

Rock Bottom

Rock Bottom

Have you really hit "rock bottom"? This term has been thrown around by addicts and their loved ones for decades and is, in my opinion, a bad portrayal of an...
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More on normies and boundaries.

When working with addicts and their families there is one constant that I see more often than anything else. And that is misconceptions of what boundaries actually are. . People...
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Fatal codependency

2️⃣0️⃣ Codependency  A very dear friend of mine had a nephew dealing with a relapse a few months back. My friend asked me to contact him (his name is Michael)...
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Snares and hooks

One of the most common causes of relapse is something known as "getting a case of the fuck-its." The "fuck-its" are when someone in recovery starts having a difficult life...
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Filling the void

Filling the void

Filling the void.  . Slipknot has a song on their 5th studio album titled XIX. It's a very creepy and deep song with a passionate demeanor (I love it). In...
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Table for one.

A recurring theme I experience helping people in recovery is the ever-present snare of reservations. Here is a good example... "Nathan, my life is a mess, I know I have...
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The Friendship Test

(will literally take you 0 minutes)"Nate... How many friends did you lose when you got sober?"Zero, homie!I would like to offer my friends in recovery a very easy formula for...
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The Road to Rectitude

(4 minute read) I've never been much of a reader. The only book I have read intently AND finished was Daniel Defoe's 1719 hit "Robinson Crusoe" back in fifth grade....
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