A conservative wrote in local newspaper today the following - " it’s the handouts that destroy one’s incentive to work that’s bad.". I disagree with that statement. Handouts do not destroy one's

Fenatyl is the bain of addiction. It is word that you do not hear a lot of meetings that I go to. But I attend primarily AA meetings and the one NA meeting that I go to consistently is where people do

Today marked the date that Jesus Garza, aka "The Chemical Vampire" was buried. It was odd to see a former friend now a corpse. You could see the weight of sadness on his sister and his wife.

Yeah, it is that time of year. The time of year before Burning Man. For me, this time is hard because everybody that you enjoy going is hyping and enjoying the Burn. The missing out depression is beginning

This is the WTF moment. I guess it is true story. The host states this is like the Black Panthers giving weapons to the Ku-Klux Klan. Anyway, interesting video

Unbearable heat makes today a dreary day. Instead of doing the books and recording journal entries, I spent the day of misery at home. If you came out of the room, you felt like you were in a blast furnace.

An alcoholic said today - "Funny how people consider addicts to be weak considering how difficult it is living as one. Waking up everyday with a pounding headache with a feeling of a baby elephant

Today I went to a picnic today that had over 200 people at it. 200 people. That is a lot of people. I mean a lot. 200 people for me is a dizzying amount of people. Trying to interact and learn 200 people

Happy Mother's Day to all of the Mother's out there. My mom is the best. She stayed with me through the darkest moments of addiction. She stood by while was I sick. She was there at my high school graduations,

Lack of social contact is an issue. For me, it is something that I face on daily basis. There are days where I get plenty of meaningful social contact. There are others days where social contact is lacking.

I am no fan of abortion. It is something that I prefer not talking about it. I do not openly support it. But, I do believe in access to abortion as a right of choice. A choice to have control over your

Huffington Post has a story about Ty Cobb (the guy with the handlebar mustache) "President Donald Trump plans to replace White House lawyer Ty Cobb with Emmet T. Flood, a lawyer who represented former

The current director of CFPB should go to jail and the host Thom Hartmann makes a wonderful presentation on why this guy should be locked for pay to play with the banking industry

I always blame myself for not watching scripted series.  Seriously, there is a wealth of TV shows out there, I mean lots of  them.  I could count the number of shows on Netflix unwatched.

The craziest thing that I saw this week was a rightwing nutjob post this gem - "YOU ARE a pathetic dummy in a cult. Everyone knows you're pathetic witch Satanist. And I'm not even kidding, how pathetic

Vern Troyer is gone today.  The guy who played Mini-Me died of tragic death partially resulted in dealing with alcoholism.  Alcoholism is a fatal disease that results in death in many people

Here is one of the hypocrisies of Paul Ryan. The Washington Post reports "What kind of politician puts a $6 trillion tax cut for the rich in his deficit-reduction plan? Or a $660 billion tax cut for

Let's get it straight. The Trump scandals are not Watergate. If you read any historical account of this time, any allegations from Watergate do not pale in comparison in Trump's scandal. Watergate involves

It's an obvious story, you here all of the time. The richer are getting richer. The Observer reports "An alarming projection produced by the House of Commons library suggests that if trends seen since