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rooster88

rooster88
Location
Newport Beach, California,
Birthday
September 12
Bio
I worked hard to build a charmed life and was living that life to the fullest until I took a precipitous fall into the abyss of alcoholism. Unwittingly, I claimed my family as hostages and took them right along with me. Over the past four years, I overcame addiction and then was able to squarely face down the demons of my past and present. If along the way my experience can help one person, or maybe even more, well, that would be pretty awesome! Hopefully, my story will also bring a small measure of awareness to the "generational cycle of child abuse" that is still prevalent and persistent in our world today. By bringing awareness to what is often called "Our Nations Shame" it is also my hope that one day soon, we will begin to see real progress toward the awareness and eradication of child abuse. That is my hope!

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DECEMBER 17, 2011 7:00AM

An Audible Voice Illuminates a Nations Shame

Childhood trauma, in whatever form it takes, extinguishes one's voice. As the soul fractures and paralysis prevails, an audible voice can no longer be heard. It becomes cast in fear,… Read full post »

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NOVEMBER 19, 2011 6:29AM

Our Nations Shame

Although the last few weeks have been rough for Penn State, the scandal has been an eye opener for the world.  Giving a much needed audible tone to a generational plague that prospers to this very day, yet remains cloaked in silence and shame.
I read the following statistics from time… Read full post »
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NOVEMBER 16, 2011 9:01AM

How Did This Happen To Me!

I am a survivor of childhood abuse, fell into substance abuse (alcoholism) as an adult, made it into recovery and have been sober for nearly 5 years. I stared down death a couple of times during this dark period of my life. Today, I feel very fortunate that I am alive and standing on… Read full post »

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JANUARY 19, 2011 4:15AM

The Drama of the Gifted Child

The following post is a reprint, and is not my work.

All text is © Anita Roy 2004.  All rights remain with the author.

Alice Miller's book The Drama of the Gifted Child is such an affirmation of my belief that what we are modeled to as children - and what… Read full post »

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JANUARY 17, 2011 7:26AM

Something Personal to Me!

I would like to share something that is deeply personal to me. It serves to illustrate what you can do when you work hard at getting the "yuck out", and your life is given back to you.

I have a goal, or a "higher purpose", as the folk's in AA say.… Read full post »

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JANUARY 14, 2011 10:51PM

The Prisoner and the Jailer

At one point during the Holocaust, the prison population grew so large that the Nazi's had no choice but to turn some of the more trusted prisoners into jailers. They called them Capo's. When historians began examining the Holocaust, it was baffling to learn that the most brutal jailers were, in… Read full post »

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JANUARY 13, 2011 4:15AM

Alcoholism's Gift

I experience internal conflict when I state that quitting alcohol was the easy part.  There is nothing easy about putting down the bottle and getting sober.  It is the journey that awaits you that is also very difficult; in fact, I found it a lot more difficult.  I believe it is… Read full post »

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JANUARY 13, 2011 4:13AM

And So It Begins....

I have always considered myself to be a pretty good planner.  From a very early age onward I seemed to have my life pretty well planned out.  Go to school, get good grades, play sports, have fun, graduate, go to college, get a degree, pursue a career, fall in love, get… Read full post »

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JANUARY 13, 2011 4:08AM

How Did This Happen To Me!

I am a survivor of childhood abuse, fell into substance abuse (alcoholism) as an adult, made it into recovery and have been sober for nearly 4 years. I stared down death a couple of times during this dark period of my life. Today, I feel very fortunate that I am alive and standing… Read full post »

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FEBRUARY 21, 2010 6:48AM

Goodbye Blue Sky

“Look mummy, there’s an airplane up in the sky”

Pink Floyd, The Wall

 Have you ever listened to the lyrics of this song (Goodbye Blue Sky) and wondered what they meant.  The melody is so soothing but the lyrics are anything but that.  The confliction reminds

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