ACURE for addiction is possible for every addict or alcoholic
ACURE for addiction is not only possible but probable when we follow recovery guidelines. Alcoholics Anonymous, AA for short has been helping addicts get sober for many decades now. The miracle of recovery is that anyone can achieve it! Yes it is hard work. Anything in life worth having will cost you something! Money, your time, your work, something must be invested for you to receive a value in return!

The LSR would have you believe that you are entitled to everything with no accountability. The reality is that responsible, predictable behavior must first occur on your part. (unless you are royalty?) The reality is "the harder you work, the luckier you will seem to be to others!"

So work hard, don't touch the chemicals and plan your recovery! You can do it I have no doubt!!

Good Health and Be Blessed!
Drug abuse is a cause of violent crime! Be aware and be careful!

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Dennis L. Howard CASAC (RET)
Community Safety Program LLC
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Principles to "Thrive and Survive by!"

The ten life paradigms require maintenance, experimentation(limited and ethical) as well as principled and effective. When life seems unfair, that is basically because it is! UNFAIR! I would like to choke the person who coined the phrase, "GET OVER IT!"
When we are in suffering the ability to stop is unavailable to us. Wouldn't we if we could? "STOP IT!"
In recovery we at times are unable to see (over the pain) the solutions. It is just so hard! Yes it is hard! We care so deeply for each other that the term "family" is more meaningful and sustaining than almost anything. We need our family to be healthy! Thus a solution appears!
The solution is not necessarily the answer for our trauma but rather for our suffering. We must maintain our personal health to accomplish our longer term goals in life. Sponsors and members are here to share their experience, strength and hope so we can not only survive but thrive.
Examine your life paradigms and do the work. It is the work which will provide solutions and comfort in the face of the trauma you experience. One Day at a Time(ODAT!)
Good Health and Be Blessed, Mr. Denny Goodpenny
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It is good to be back. I have been working to get my volunteer activities into a cogniscent reality! Successful yet? Who knows? My theory is that if just one person benefits from pondering these principles and uses them to accomplish their goal (respecting the law of GOD and man!) then a screaming success has ocurred! GLORY! Yup! I did a good thing!(accidental though it may have been!) I will visit more regularly as I have many cases to shepard! I will share them with you if you are voyeuristicly inclined at all? I will begin tomorrow! Fair warning has been issued. This will be interesting!
GOD Bless and Good Health! Mr. Denny Goodpenny

My associate Recovering Carl, Sir Carl as I refer to him, discusses his quest for recovery in the Al-Anon Family Program. He muses the answer to the question, ”How much is too much for me to invest in the program?” AAAAHHH, Grasshopper? You ask the ultimate question,” Are we there yet?”
It has been my experience in many, many years of recovery from my disease that, ”I will never arrive at my destination?” Which destination is that? You may ask? The destination we all seek. Serenity! Recovered! At peace! Prosperous! Safe! Complete! Is it soup yet? (Remembering the Campbell Soup commercials of my youth!”)
I have been truly blessed by the “Elder Statesmen as well as The Bleeding Deacons in the AA program with the awareness that, ”Our recovery is a journey rather than a destination! Patience is required to recover fully from our malady of body, mind, emotion and spirit. Recovery is the journey we are on. We seek our place in recovery, being so eloquently represented by our sponsors and other professionals who it is their life goal and occupations, (doctors, counselors) to teach recovery skill to each of us as we are capable of receiving it.
Be well studied regarding this disease as it is a terminal one. We don’t get over this one. We don’t get well! Rich N. a gentle elder of the Springfield, Missouri AA group, who has passed on to his reward some years ago, often shared the reality of the “Pickle-cucumber” comparison when exploring the disease concept of addiction. “We were born a cucumber but alcohol (drugs) made us into pickles!” There is no going back!
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder or “PTSD” as it is more often referred can be diagnosed (by licensed doctors) in the life of many family members as a result of the trauma and drama of living with active addiction. If you don’t have a sponsor, get one! If you have never had professional help and feel you are nearing “the end of your rope?” Get on the phone! There people just like Sir Carl who can help you plan a safe course toward your own recovery from addiction! They know the way, all you have to do is “tag along!” True recovery is better than any roller coaster ride you will ever take! Join us wont you?
Good Health and Be Blessed, Mr. Denny Goodpenny

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This week I had the privilege of counseling with a 23 year young man who could not comply with the requirements laid down by the court. His "self-will run riot" projected blame on everyone who was involved in his case. It is all about my money he complained. He wanted to visit with his young son who is in the custody of his x-wife rather than comply with counseling recommendations of his therapist.
The denial mechanism of "projection" focuses on another person, place or thing rather than the one who is culpable. The addict/alcoholic. If the addict can defer the responsibility for their own failure on to another principle, then, they can assume their victim stance! This form of denial, "projection", relieves the addict of responsibility.
The reality of the addicts life is that they were the only person who was always present during their dramas! If they can successfully "blame" another, then, they do not have to change, which is the purpose of the "projection!" It is not my fault! The addict is "loved to death" by all who allow this to continue.
As a recovering addict/alcoholic, no-difference, I must accept that my life is "my fault!" Until I do, nothing changes. A person who can accept their culpability in their illness, can recover. When a person uses all their denial skills successfully, eventually, they will die! Jails, institutions and an early grave. Deaths door opens wide to receive those of us who "do not recover!" It is just a matter of time? Good Health and Be Blessed!
Mr. Denny Goodpenny CASAC (RET)
Chairman, Community Safety Program LLC