Chapter 11 Birth, Insanity, Recovery or Death
"STRANGE AS IT SEEMS, NO AMOUNT OF LEARNING CAN CURE STUPIDITY, AND HIGHER EDUCATION POSITIVELY FORTIFIES IT." - Stephen Vizinczey
30 Years of STREET KNOWLEDGE could neither Replace nor Erase my ACADEMIA, but STREET-SMARTS have Bolstered my RECOVERY and are in my TOOLBOX.
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All Drinking Aside bookends each of its 90 Chapters with Quotes by the Famous, Infamous & Anonymous.
This Quote by Stephen Vizinczeyt opens Chapter 11 (Birth, Insanity, Recovery Or Death) of All Drinking Aside.
"THE REAL VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY CONSISTS NOT IN SEEKING NEW LANDSCAPES BUT IN HAVING NEW EYES." - Marcel Proust
To me, "Having new eyes," as referenced in this Quote by Marcel Proust, is much about being Clean & Sober rather than Red-Eyed & Addicted. Great Expectations (different Author, lol) were left at the door when I first got sober. All I wanted was to NOT Drink and to NOT Die.
In Recovery Meetings, in response to the Question, "What do I have to Change?" the answer is often "Everything," a new landscape (different People, Places & Things) AND new eyes.
As I've stated elsewhere, when I first got sober, I was more twisted than a Swizzle Stick and Recovery could not be "21 Days to a New and Better You."
Paraphrased from an Addiction Recovery Specialist many years ago, you don't spend 30 years getting lost in the Forest of Addiction and expect THAT you can get out in one year. After 18 years of continuous sobriety, I'm still recovering, still Becoming Unbroken.
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The Quote by Marcel Proust closes Chapter 11 (Birth, Insanity, Recovery Or Death) of All Drinking Aside.
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Chapter 12 Click Me Sober, Click Me Drunk
"WORRY IS LIKE A ROCKING CHAIR. IT GIVES YOU SOMETHING TO DO, BUT DOESN'T GET YOU ANYWHERE" - Anonymous
Alfred E. Neuman, the Comic Hero of Mad Magazine, had a pat response to every situation, "What, me worry?" On the opposite end of the spectrum of his devil-may-care attitude is the Constant Worrier, one who lives in fear of catastrophic consequences, always expecting the worst.
Like the Constant Complainer, the Worrier would be better off to come up with a plan of action to resolve the source of the worry, or throw their hands in the air, relax and get on with their life.
I was laser-focused on acquisition and use in my drinking day. Consequences would be dealt with later, no worry.
Recovery is a whole, new ballgame.
"What, me Sober?" You betcha!
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All Drinking Aside bookends each of its 90 Chapters with Quotes by the Famous, Infamous & Anonymous.
The Anonymous Quote at the top of this post opens Chapter 12 (Birth, Insanity, Recovery Or Death) of All Drinking Aside.
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"NOTHING IS MORE DIFFICULT THAN COMPETING WITH A MYTH." - Francoise Giroud
TOO MANY MYTHS TO ENUMERATE, but here's a few IGNORANCE has lost to:
1) Only "Those Kinds of People" become Addicts [Addiction doesn't discriminate.]
2) Addiction is a Choice [The understanding of what addiction really is is worthy of your study. Read a book. Watch a movie. Go to an Open Recovery Meeting. Open your eyes, mind and heart. Once addicted, my choices were reduced or nearly eliminated. At some point an addict uses whether they want to or not. I chose to drink at 16. Thirty years later, at 46, Alcohol had become, how shall we say, an Addiction?]
3) All Addicts are Criminals [You're right, except, wait a minute. Alcohol is legal and I'm an Alcoholic and I was a Bartender. So what is that? Double-Jeopardy?]
4) Tough Love is the ONLY ANSWER. [That didn't and wouldn't have worked for me.]
5) Total Abstinence is the ONLY ANSWER [Medication-Assisted Recovery Saves Lives.]
6) ALL Addicts are Hopeless. [Your IGNORANCE is NOT my BLISS. HOPELESS are those who still believe ALL OF THE ABOVE... WAIT! I take that back. I haven't lost HOPE for YOU. Give YOURSELF a chance. I am MYTH-BUSTERS of the RECOVERING KIND.]
7) Fill _____In_____The_____Blank!
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The Quote by Francoise Giroud closes Chapter 12 (Click Me Sober, Click Me Drunk) of All Drinking Aside.
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Chapter 13 The Hallucinated Self
"THE WORST LONELINESS IS TO NOT BE COMFORTABLE WITH YOURSELF." - Mark Twain
Addiction is the WORST LONELINESS.
The Culture-at-Large & my Peer-Group-in-Miniature had me believe in my Teenage Years that ALCOHOL was the perfect ICE-BREAKER. Alcohol was the drug that would help break Social Awkwardness in Group Settings (this was before I discovered bars). A few drinks later, Social Unity & Individual Expression would magically unite and all would be right with the World. THANK YOU, ALCOHOL.
Years into my Recovery I suddenly noticed (it was there all the time) that the ICE would BREAK of its own accord and attributing that to Alcohol was Faulty Logic. CORRELATION is not CAUSATION, Because it was always there, "It must be the Alcohol" seemed like a logical deduction, but it wasn't.
Thirty years of drinking and 50,000 drinks later, I got sober and began to notice that Social Awkwardness needed no Ice-Breaker. The Ice would melt of its own accord, Human Nature, if you will, we being social animals to the core.
It was not Alcohol that Broke the Ice, but it WAS Alcohol that Broke me. It was never necessary despite always being there.
Drugs destroy lives when occasional use becomes a habit and the habit becomes an addiction and drug use continues despite any and all negative consequences.
When this Social Lubricant, Alcohol, ends up producing ME & MY BOTTLE, MY BOTTLE & ME (and nothing else), the loneliness that is the end result of this addiction is about as uncomfortable and lonely as it can be.
ADDICTION is the WORST LONELINESS.
RECOVERY is Possible, Doable, Irreplaceable.
Break the Ice with THAT.
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ALL DRINKING ASIDE: The Destruction, Deconstruction & Reconstruction of an Alcoholic Animal
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All Drinking Aside bookends each of its 90 Chapters with Quotes by the Famous, Infamous & Anonymous.
The Quote by Mark Twain opens Chapter 13 (The Hallucinated Self) of All Drinking Aside.
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"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
When I was a Teen the Desire to Belong & the Fear of Being Shunned were Incentives Enough for me to Drink & Smoke (Over 50% of Adult Males Smoked Cigarettes in 1950, the year I was born).
[A Google Search provided this: "In 1950's America cigarette smoking was the epitome of cool and glamour... By the late 1950's around half of the population of industrialized nations smoked - in the UK up to 80% of adults were hooked."]
Today, I neither drink nor smoke, but was actively addicted to both for 30 years. Today, I have 18 years of continuous recovery.
"STICK THAT IN YOUR PIPE AND SMOKE IT."
[ I haven't heard that in years & do not wonder why.]
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All Drinking Aside bookends each of its 90 Chapters with Quotes by the Famous, Infamous & Anonymous.
The Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson closes Chapter 13 (The Hallucinated Self) of All Drinking Aside.
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Chapter 14 The Unseen Bar Scene Seen
"A MAN WHO SUFERS BEFORE IT IS NECESSARY SUFFERS MORE THAN IS NECESSARY." - Seneca
NEW VERSION: A man who suffers AFTER it is necessary suffers more than is necessary.
In the extreme, this New Version of the Seneca Quote could be PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) or more mildly, simply not letting go of an event or emotion that you have already passed through and survived. This kind of reaction, this not letting go, impedes healing in many cases. As far as we know, humans are the only animal that can communicate about yesterday or tomorrow (FUN FACT: the Humpback Whale might turn out to be another).
All of this is not unrelated to "Worry is like a rocking chair It gives you something to do, but it doesn't get you anywhere [see Chapter 12]." Worry, then, too, is often an unnecessary form of suffering.
Suffering is an inevitable part of the human experience. But I have learned this: Drinking or Drugging as a Temporary Solution (before, after and during any and every event) too often may become a Permanent Problem all on its own, separate from anything and everything else. Drinking or Drugging may cause more suffering, intolerable suffering, than whatever reason one may concoct to Drink or Drug in the first place and WILL SOLVE NOTHING.
"Sufferin' Succotash!" MORE Suffering.
Stick me with a fork. I'm DONE.
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All Drinking Aside bookends each of its 90 Chapters with Quotes by the Famous, Infamous & Anonymous.
This Quote by Seneca (pictured) opens Chapter 14 (The Unseen Bar Scene Seen) of All Drinking Aside.
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"OPPORTUNITY MAY KNOCK ONLY ONCE, BUT TEMPTATION LEANS ON THE DOORBELL." - Anonymous
TEMPTATION: The Song of the Siren, Half-Bird/Half-Woman, lured Sailors with Songs of Sweetness. Addiction makes Promises, but the Promises are Never Kept. They Are Not Real. I Found Only Debris on that Path & This Sailor's Ship Sank.
RESPONSIBILITY: Therein I found the Freedom that only Recovery could provide.
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This Quote by Anonymous (pictured) closes Chapter 14 (The Unseen Bar Scene Seen) of All Drinking Aside.
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from Chapter 15 Close
"A MAN WHO HAS COMMITTED A MISTAKE AND DOESN'T CORRECT IT IS COMMITTING ANOTHER MISTAKE." - Confucius
RELAPSE, Ad Infinitum, for eight (8) years. Like Russian Nesting Dolls, inside each Relapse another Relapse found. Mistake(s)? Misguided by addiction, to be sure.
MIXED METAPHORS: Turn off a Luxury Liner's engines and it continues forward on its own Momentum and can't stop and turn on a dime (&) I had to learn how to crawl before I could walk.
INSANITY: "By the time I had a reason to stop drinking, reason no longer had anything to do with it."
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This Quote by Confucius closes Chapter 15 (Everything Changed Except Me) of All Drinking Aside.
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from Chapter 16 open
"To live is to suffer. To survive is to find meaning in suffering." - Viktor Frankl
I AM THE CHILD OF MY OWN ADDICTIONS. My recovery has been the construction of a rewarding, Alcohol-Free Lifestyle.
Viktor Frankl was a Prisoner of War and a Holocaust Survivor. His Search for Meaning was a Primal Force. Through his writing, I've learned to marvel at the capacity of the children Frankl described to produce artwork on the prison walls in which they found themselves, despite their suffering. Meaning found beyond suffering, created almost as a way to survive it.
The Myth of Drugs and Alcohol as Instruments of Creation have proved false. For years I thought my creative abilities would be diminished in a life absent of drugs. I am grateful to have lived beyond addiction and to discover drugs were never necessary to improve or inspire my creativity. All Drinking Aside is proof of that.
My Search for Meaning has become Meaning Found.
Alcohol is Liquid. My Recovery is on Solid Ground.
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All Drinking Aside bookends each of its 90 Chapters with Quotes by the Famous, Infamous & Anonymous.
The Quote by Viktor Frankl opens Chapter 16 (You Are Eve Before The Apple And I Am Adam After The Fall) of All Drinking Aside.
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from Chapter 16 End
"The men who really believe in themselves are all in lunatic asylums." - G. K. Chesterton
I became the LUNATIC. The Asylum was ADDICTION.
"Reefer Madness," the 1936 American film, is viewed today almost as a Parody of itself and a total failure at discouraging drug use. The "Just Say No" Advertising Campaign of the 1980's & 90's also proved ineffective as a Teaching Tool. That War on Drugs seemed more a War on Drug Users. A jail cell is punitive, not rehabilitating.
The War on Drugs continues today. I support Education & Rehabilitation rather than Crime & Punishment. Recovery is Possible, Doable, Irreplaceable.
I am Living Proof that Addiction need not have the Last Word.
Believe in Possibilities.
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All Drinking Aside bookends each of its 90 Chapters with Quotes by the Famous, Infamous & Anonymous.
The Quote by G. K. Chesterton closes Chapter 16 (You Are Eve Before The Apple And I Am Adam After The Fall) of All Drinking Aside.
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from Chapter 17 Open
"The louder he talked of his honor, the faster we counted our spoons." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Fill NO LESS THAN Eight (8) Crystal Wine Glasses with VARYING AMOUNTS of WATER, then GATHER YOUR SPOONS & Bang Out [Your Favorite Tune Here] if you wish to drown out his talk of his honor.
The LOUDER he talks, the MORE you must MELODY YOUR WAY PAST his message!
"Ego is NOT his Amigo."
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All Drinking Aside bookends each of its 90 Chapters with Quotes by the Famous, Infamous & Anonymous.
The Opening Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson opens Chapter 17 (Fossilized) of All Drinking Aside.
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from Chapter 17 End
"Life is too important to be taken seriously." - Oscar Wilde
ADDICTION is Life-Threatening & Life-Destroying. "Life is too important to be taken seriously" could easily be used as a tool of rationalization for a Substance-User who is heavily soaked in denial and for whom any excuse will do to justify ingesting, injecting and inhaling any manner of alcohol and drugs. There can be no long-term joy in Addiction. Each high is chemically-induced, temporary and will likely be repeated no matter the negative consequences that may result.
RECOVERY is Life-Giving & Life-Saving. "Life is too important to be taken seriously" is a joyous expression of being drug-free. We are free to choose multiple paths of expression. No longer "an Alcoholic Animal" we reclaim our Humanity in Recovery. In the Rooms of Recovery one will hear that "we are not a glum lot." I raise my Sparkling Cider in the air to toast: "Long may we live in Recovery United."
Cheers!
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All Drinking Aside bookends each of its 90 Chapters with Quotes by the Famous, Infamous & Anonymous.
The Opening Quote by Oscar Wilde closes Chapter 17 (Fossilized) of All Drinking Aside.
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from Chapter 18 Opening
"There is no way to happiness. Happiness is the way." - The Tao
"How did I get in here? Wasn't I here last year?"
PUZZLING QUESTIONS never asked when I mysteriously came to in the hospital after multiple overdoses.
I was not looking for Happiness, but this COULD NOT be the way.
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All Drinking Aside bookends each of its 90 Chapters with Quotes by the Famous, Infamous & Anonymous.
This Quote from The Tao opens Chapter 18 (The Distance of Disease) of All Drinking Aside.
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"Anticipate the good so that you may enjoy it." - Ethiopian Proverb
ANTICIPATING the NEXT HIT on my drug of choice was HALF the HIGH until ADDICTION turned the next hit into a NECESSITY and its LACK into a Very, Very Painful Existence.
Despite Negative Consequences, I continued to use. In Addiction, eventually Anticipation becomes Disappointment and Despair.
Anticipate your NEXT BOOK. You won't be Disappointed, All Kidding Aside. LOL!
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All Drinking Aside bookends each of its 90 Chapters with Quotes by the Famous, Infamous & Anonymous.
The Ethiopian Proverb which opens this post closes Chapter 18 (The Distance of Disease) of All Drinking Aside.
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"One faces the future with one's past." - Pearl S. Buck
The Past is the Bedrock upon which Our Futures are Built.
Me quoting Pearl S. Buck here is but an example. Part of her Past became a Part of my Becoming Sober. Wisdom, at times, is Accumulative.
The 1,000 left-hand turns of my Addictions are being continuously reassessed, more fully understood. I am still learning from my inglorious past. Never mind, for now, how my Apple Cart became so Broken in the first place. We, All of Us, Are Becoming Unbroken.
Diligence. Resilience. Trust.
An Apple holds an Orchard in its Core.
In the process, All of Us are Becoming More.
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All Drinking Aside bookends each of its 90 Chapters with Quotes by the Famous, Infamous & Anonymous.
This Quote from Pearl S. Buck opens Chapter 19 (Transformers) of All Drinking Aside.
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"It's not trespassing when you cross your own boundaries," according to a Google Search, is attributed to an Advertisement for Johnnie Walker Scotch (circa 1995, the year before I first got sober). Before that, I presume this aphorism was Anonymous, as I found no other attribution in my shallow search.
ALCOHOL IS LITERALLY INESCAPABLE, but that doesn't mean one has to drink it.
I was an Advertising Copywriter for the many years before 1995. The Stylish & Sophisticated surely drink Scotch, don't they? I did, so I was theoretically both of these things. A Scotch drinker, Dewar's specifically ("Dewar's Never Varies," as their Ad Proclaims), it was I who varied as I plummeted under its influence.
Like most alcoholics, when the money ran out, I stopped drinking Scotch in bars and switched to the cheapest available Vodka is plastic half-gallon bottles. Here's the thing though: I had to switch to buying pints (far more expensive to buy by the pint than the half-gallon, until you figure in that when I bought a half gallon to save money, I would drink it all or nearly all in a day or two). In the long run, Blackout Drinker that I was, a pint or two a day was cheaper than my half-gallon drunken blackout excesses,
I NEEDED PROOF: No longer able to afford bar-hopping, I drank alone, waking up to nearly empty half gallon bottles in the morning. I started marking each bottle with a felt-tipped pen when I poured what I swore would be my last drink of the night, only to wake up with it nearly all gone when I came to. Who drank the vodka after I had carefully marked the bottle where my last drink was to have been?
BLACKOUT JIM (He/me), that's who.
How I learned to HATE HIM, drinking more alcohol than my memory would serve me!
WELCOME TO THE WORLD THAT WAS MY ALCOHOLIC INSANITY.
The picture accompanying my little post here captures THE PRISON THAT IS ADDICTION.
50,000+ drinks over 30 years proved to be a harsh lesson.
DON'T BELIEVE EVERY AD YOU READ.
The Boundaries of Self I Cross Today Are Only Possible in Sobriety.
NO SCOTCH, NO HOPSCOTCH. NO BUTTERSCOTCH.
Turn Page.
And if that page should tear?
NO SCOTCH TAPE!
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All Drinking Aside bookends each of its 90 Chapters with Quotes by the Famous, Infamous & Anonymous.
This Quote from an Ad for Johnnie Walker Scotch closes Chapter 19 (Transformers) of All Drinking Aside.
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"If the brain were so simple that we could understand it, we would be so simple that we couldn't." - Emerson Pugh
Ask a Hamster on a Wheel what they are doing and why are they doing it and they will not even look up at you or care.
I was that Hamster and my Addiction was that Wheel. I did not know how or why or what or who. I knew only WHEN & WHERE. When will I get my Drug? Where will I get my Drug?
A Hamster is as a Hamster does. I spun, I spun, because, because.
"By the time I had a reason to stop drinking, reason no longer had anything to do with it." So simple that I could not understand it. Simply, When? Simply, Where? Simply Forever. Simply Not There.
Recovery makes Life Possible, Doable, Irreplaceable.
Forgive my becoming a little sidetracked here. It's my brain, my brain.
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This Quote by Emerson Pugh opens Chapter 20 (Meditate or Medicate?) of All Drinking Aside.
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from Chapter 20 Close
"Man's main task in life is to give birth to himself, to become what he potentially is."- Erich Fromm
KNOWLEDGE, EFFORT & EXPERIENCE are Writ Large in Erich Fromm's take on Achieving Human Potential. Addiction slowed my Personal Growth, if not bringing it to a Full Stop. Essentially, after 30 years of Daily Drinking, I emerged as a 46-Year-Old Teenager Battered by Addiction. Not a pretty sight. That I survived and was able to give birth to a New & Sober Being took Time, Patience and Shared Courage.
Today, I have come to believe that RECOVERY is Possible, Doable and Irreplaceable.
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All Drinking Aside bookends each of its 90 Chapters with Quotes by the Famous, Infamous & Anonymous.
This Quote from Erich Fromm closes Chapter 20 (Meditate Or Medicate?) of All Drinking Aside.
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