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    Sober and miserable: A moment of clarity and prayer

    MAY 15, 2012 10:59AM

    By grif -


    Topics: gratitude, moments of clarity, prayer, sobriety, recovery, alcoholism

    • Editor's Pick
    • 25 Ratings
    • 2755 Views
    • 23 Comments
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    A story about my son--born on 9/10/01

    FEBRUARY 29, 2012 6:32AM

    By ManhattanWhiteGirl


    Topics: nyc, roosevelt hospital, preeclampsia, nurses, doctors, twin towers, single moms, childbirth, addiction, alcoholism, relationships, writers & writing, life stories, real families, 9/11

    • Editor's Pick
    • 14 Ratings
    • 1751 Views
    • 28 Comments
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    Anyone Can Be a Father, But It Takes A Real Man To Be A Dad

    OCTOBER 5, 2011 10:28PM

    By Victoria Carlson


    Topics: fathers, daughters, family, cancer, alcoholism

    • Editor's Pick
    • 22 Ratings
    • 4638 Views
    • 24 Comments
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    Mother's Secret

    SEPTEMBER 18, 2011 11:46PM

    By beauty1947


    Topics: child abuse, alcoholism, family, open call

    • Editor's Pick
    • 18 Ratings
    • 1886 Views
    • 20 Comments
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    Mom's Confession: The Secret Box

    SEPTEMBER 14, 2011 1:53PM

    By Joan E. Kaufman


    Topics: birth mother, mother, children, adoption, hospital, alcoholism, cancer, dying, death, family, my parents' secret lives, open call

    • Editor's Pick
    • 51 Ratings
    • 2011 Views
    • 69 Comments
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    Family Business

    SEPTEMBER 5, 2011 8:54AM

    By Joan H.


    Topics: families, alcoholism, don't ask but especially don't tell, keeping family secrets is hard for a naturally chatty kid.

    • Editor's Pick
    • 40 Ratings
    • 1791 Views
    • 41 Comments
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    Quitting Jim

    AUGUST 4, 2011 11:01AM

    By sweetfeet


    Topics: quitting, alcoholism, codependence, marriage, drinking, recovery, leaving

    • Editor's Pick
    • 5 Ratings
    • 860 Views
    • 8 Comments
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    RHONY reunion: Success, alcoholism not mutually exclusive

    AUGUST 3, 2011 1:46PM

    By Cathy Wilson


    Topics: bravo, wine, success, pinot gregio, rhony, ramona, real housewives of new york, addiction, high-functioning alcoholics, functioning alcoholics, alcoholism

    • Editor's Pick
    • 15 Ratings
    • 1715 Views
    • 22 Comments
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    Why Amy Winehouse Matters

    JULY 25, 2011 11:42AM

    By Amy McMullen


    Topics: rehab, prohibition, norway massacre, mexico, legalization of drugs, lady gaga, kurt cobain, jimi hendrix, jim morrison, janis joplin, drug policy, drug education and rehabilitation, drug abuse, criminalization of drugs, brian jones, amy winehouse, alcoholism, afghanistan

    • Editor's Pick
    • 15 Ratings
    • 2455 Views
    • 19 Comments
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    Alcoholism: I'll drink to that!

    JULY 25, 2011 9:23AM

    By William Belle


    Topics: open call, alcoholism, aa, life after quitting

    • Editor's Pick
    • 4 Ratings
    • 461 Views
    • 5 Comments
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    Betty Ford

    JULY 9, 2011 3:11PM

    By Ted Burke


    Topics: recovery, alcoholism, drug addiction, betty ford

    • Editor's Pick
    • 22 Ratings
    • 1703 Views
    • 28 Comments
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    Is sobriety ever a choice?

    MARCH 8, 2011 1:33PM

    By Ben Russell


    Topics: lindsey lohan, disease, drugs, alcoholism, recovery, 12 steps, reason, sanity, sobriety, the retreat

    • Editor's Pick
    • 16 Ratings
    • 1671 Views
    • 25 Comments
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    Born to be wild or sobriety during the holidays?

    DECEMBER 22, 2010 11:59AM

    By grif -


    Topics: it's all good today, emmet fox, prayer, for kc, recovery, born to be wild, aa, alcoholism

    • Editor's Pick
    • 9 Ratings
    • 2273 Views
    • 17 Comments
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    Lindsay Lohan: What happens in rehab, stays in rehab

    DECEMBER 22, 2010 8:30AM

    By mimi11


    Topics: privacy, lindsay lohan, betty ford clinic, rehab, alcoholic, alcoholism, drug abuse

    • Editor's Pick
    • 8 Ratings
    • 1872 Views
    • 15 Comments
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    My gay uncle in memoriam; or, Christmas cookies

    DECEMBER 20, 2010 2:23PM

    By megwc


    Topics: parenting, family, alcoholism, in memoriam, christmas, lgbt, transgender, gay

    • Editor's Pick
    • 11 Ratings
    • 881 Views
    • 15 Comments
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    Ep. 2-From the Front Lines: the War Against Mental Illness

    NOVEMBER 23, 2010 1:44PM

    By Rebecca Sarwate


    Topics: homeslessness, hoarding, nicotine, alcoholism, wwii, ocd, freud

    • Editor's Pick
    • 27 Ratings
    • 1968 Views
    • 28 Comments
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    Her body's 97, but her mind is perfect. What to do?

    SEPTEMBER 30, 2010 8:59AM

    By cindy capitani


    Topics: aging, nuring homes, wheelchair bound, reading, crossword puzzles, attitude, acceptance, serenity, the eldery, family, irish catholic, alcoholism, giving up, hanging on

    • Editor's Pick
    • 35 Ratings
    • 2195 Views
    • 40 Comments
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    How a nine year-old saved an alcoholic from getting drunk

    SEPTEMBER 29, 2010 11:29AM

    By grif -


    Topics: saved by a nine year-old, drinking, recovery, alcoholism

    • Editor's Pick
    • 22 Ratings
    • 2652 Views
    • 33 Comments
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    I love someone who can't be trusted

    AUGUST 30, 2010 8:45AM

    By smalltownwriter


    Topics: marriage, family, alcoholism, al-anon

    • Editor's Pick
    • 79 Ratings
    • 1978 Views
    • 79 Comments
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    Tolstoy Read My Mind

    AUGUST 9, 2010 6:59AM

    By Joan H.


    Topics: unhappy families are all different, alcoholism, neighbors, anna karenina

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