I liked her break-down of the efficacy of Alcoholics Anonymous, as it brought up interesting parallels with religious groups that have similar practices around abstinence. I also liked her perspective on self-binding, pro-social shame, and radical honesty—again, all practices that are woven into...
The other day this caught my attention. “Please don’t call my dad clean or dirty. I reserve those words for Helping Children of Alcoholics November 22, 2019 If you are a parent, grandparent, counselor, teacher, or caregiver you can help children break out of their limiting roles. ...
The novel’s tale is inspired by Alcoholics Anonymous’ famous 12 steps and 12 traditions by adapting them to the acting world and the Hollywoodian high entertainment industry as a whole, converting the book into a dark, genre-bending ensemble that – as stated before – shamelessly mixes ...
Alcoholics Not Anonymous: The Girl on The Train by Paula Hawkins May 27, 2020 Hi everyone, I know it’s been a long time since my last post, and boy, have things changed (WordPress formatting included). I just finished my first year of college and have finally gotten into the swing of...
Alcoholics are a riot, much more fun that drug addicts. J had plenty of cash, and was always treating us at the best bars, buying cigars and brandy. I remember him once coming up to me at the end of the night and hugging me aggressively and saying take me home and fuck me! No ...
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‘The Seas’is the tale of a young girl as she grows to young woman, with the ongoing possibility of being a mermaid if what her father told her as a young girl is true, in a remote seaside town nobody wants to live in, most have become alcoholics or suicidal, and yet a place th...
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I wonder if American characters who are self-contained and stoical (I am thinking of Carver, or Richard Yates) more often have to be alcoholics to rein themselves in, and accept their disappointments."Whatever the reasons for its cooler reception in the US, I don't agree that the n...
This is part of the point of Alcoholics Anonymous, the telling of one’s story and listening to the stories of others to understand that they are fundamentally the same. But this doesn’t always make for originality and uniqueness, if those are one’s goals. Jamison was trained to value ...