Today i witnessed a person saving their life with a blog! Way to go you, you, you know who you are!!!(professionals are bound by Federal confidentiality laws!) That is so cool!!! Here is what happened(i think?) A day or two ago i posted a blog that may have helped motivate a young person to get help for their abuse problem? I am sooo proud of her, I mean them? Addiction is a disease of denial and rather than deal with it we have another shot, pill, smoke ect.ect. That is how the procrastination kills us! We think we have tomorrow to make the change? No one is guaranteed tomorrow! Recovery is an action program. MAKE THAT CALL GO TO THAT GROUP ASK FOR HELP!!! We are waiting to help you! We want to help! The AA program teaches that to keep our recoveries we must give it(recovery) to the next person who asks for help! That is how we stay sober! We are so busy being productive members of the community we don't have time to (mess around!) When we pick up that next chip(go to meetings to get your chip)we realize, hey, this deal is working for me too! I got a 24 hour chip! Now for that 30 day chip! One day at a time! We in recovery love you for your efforts! Hang in there girl I mean, you hang in there! Blog On! Mr. Denny

01-16-06
I may die tomorrow? I will copilot the first flight I have taken in years! Recovery has allowed me to experience many joys and thrills that using did and would have robbed from me. My sweet wife Pamela and I have attended AA in 15 different states and 5 countries. I am not bragging--- I am just BRAGGING!!!! Being a sober member of AA and applying this program and principles to every area of my life has allowed very good progress for me. I am truly grateful! Without AA and sponsorship and meetings my life was a “zero!” Recovery has allowed several changes to occur naturally over a period of time. At times it has been difficult but always, it has been worth the effort. I am no longer fearful of the future and the past has been resolved to my satisfaction. Doing things my way left me homeless, penniless, unloved (except by God, my higher power!) and with no hope it would ever be different! Yes life is better now! Thanks to AA and my sponsors and you, the membership! Without you there is no “WE” to begin the first step of recovery!
Have a really good day! Blog on! Mr. Denny (www.acureforaddiction.com)

What a terrific day! I have been blessed with new pals! Recovery is so great! I am not alone any longer! How to get started in recovery is a hard question until you know the answer. Make lists! Lists are like your road map to personal success. If you don't know the "way to San Jose," how you gona' GET THERE? The list is your "road map". This is sounding like work, aye? Well, how much work was it to stay "loaded?" That was work and it will kill you eventually!
Those who have joined this "ragtag" group are asked to benefit the best you can and feel free to ask questions. I am here to help you. A person recently suggested that attending recovery meetings was trading addictions. I understand that feeling. Association with other recovering humans has "intrinsic value" the behavior of "using" does not have, example? If you are building a new cabin on the lake and you don't know how to build, would you rather have a drunkin group of junkies try to help or the local trade unions volunteer force of retired builders who want to donate their time and skill to build your house? tic-tock-tic-tock? PICK! If I want to stay sober and repair my life I need those who have already done the work! Pick sponsors who have achieved what you would like to achieve. They want to help you!! Know why?????????Because some one else did it for them!!!! To keep it(recovery) we have to give it away! That is AA/NA ect. ect.Join our discussion group here, You are welcome!! BLOG ON! Mr.Denny

(Frustrated?)
Pick a paradigm?
Lets do the physical paradigm.
My own experience is proof to me that I have complete control in my life over 2 things! Total control! Absolute control! What isssss' the problem here? The two things I have complete control over are --------------------- "WHEN I CHANGE MY SOCKS AND WHEN I CHANGE MY UNDERWEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!????????????????? Everything else is a "duckshoot!!!"(hitandmiss???)Because we fail more often than not, we stop trying to make the changes which will improve the quality of our lives and often the length of our lives as well. How do we change successfully? Copy this blog or get your pen and paper and take notes.(there will be a pop quiz at the end of class!-just kidding "AWARENESS IS THE KEY TO CHANGE!" Once I become aware of the answers I can choose to change!---or not---!
#1 There is a natural resistance to change. What is usual is comfortable not because it is good but because it is familiar. We resist change out of #2,fear. #3. What if I fail? SSSSOOOOOWHAT!!!FAILFAILFAIL!!! win!!!! IF YOU NEVER ATTEMPT TO MAKE A BASKETBALL SWOOOSH THE GOAL, YOU NEVER WILL LEARN TO PLAY!!! The game of life (ODAT) requires that i try and fail. Once I learn and practice, practice, practice, i become better and better at the skill of life! The more we try and fail the sooner we will try and be successful. History is full of experiments? Failure is much more frequent than success.
Reinvent yourself! Go rent the move "Groundhog Day" and watch actor Bill Murry(?)change and become a success in life and love. What ever you want to do in your life is possible(if it is reasonable) I promise! If it is not to be, then we pick another goal and get busy!!! That is what life is! Go live your life! Be sober! Have a ball! Blessings! Blog on! Mr. Denny(www.acureforaddiction.com)

When I first began my AA membership I was blessed to have many men and women of great maturity(they were really old!)who took PITY on me. I suppose I was a bit pathetic. No home, no car, no family, no money and no hope! Yes pathetic is a good discription. Those people helped me save my life! I love them to this day and many of them have passed on to that great big meeting we will all attend one day! At least those who have their spiritual house in order.(that is another blog) The AA big book volume 3, Chptr.5, How it works,we learn "that there are those among us who have grave emotional and mental disorders, but many of them do recover if they have the capacity to be honest." Dying alone with addiction and other challenges or learning to accept life on lifes terms and stay sober with the help of the most successful treatment program in the world, AA! The price is right also! It is free! I have attended AA in 15 different states and 5 foreign countries, This is the real deal! Do 90 meetings in 90 days, if you don't care for the results( they will cheerfully return all your pain, misery and suffering!). The first old timer who told me that really"chapped my ---) Ticked me off! Then he said unless you have a better idea? Truth was, I had no other place to go! Beat, whipped,defeated and ruined, that was me. I stuck around and they stuck with me. almost 22 years, one day at a time!(ODAT) Blessing and blog on. Mr. Denny