Comments on: Happy Birthday Bill W., And Thanks http://www.republicoft.com/2009/11/26/happy-birthday-bill-w-and-thanks/ Black. Gay. Father. Vegetarian. Buddhist. Liberal. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:47:01 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: DaisyDeadhead http://www.republicoft.com/2009/11/26/happy-birthday-bill-w-and-thanks/comment-page-1/#comment-209312 DaisyDeadhead Tue, 01 Dec 2009 20:09:59 +0000 http://www.republicoft.com/2009/11/26/happy-birthday-bill-w-and-thanks/#comment-209312 Congratulations. I have nearly-28 years without alcohol, but have not been so pure in every respect, if you catch my meaning. (I recently wrote <a href="http://daisysdeadair.blogspot.com/2009/11/hear-that-lonesome-whippoorwill-he.html" rel="nofollow">here</a> about whether alcoholism is an actual disability (?) and got pitiful few takers on the topic!) I count my sobriety date as Super Bowl Sunday (1982) because it marks the first time I ever refused a drink. Not only did I refuse, I ran out of the house. LOL. Too scared to even stay there, and ran to a meeting. A pattern I would repeat for about ten years! :) Thanks for remembering Bill's birthday. Congratulations. I have nearly-28 years without alcohol, but have not been so pure in every respect, if you catch my meaning. (I recently wrote here about whether alcoholism is an actual disability (?) and got pitiful few takers on the topic!)

I count my sobriety date as Super Bowl Sunday (1982) because it marks the first time I ever refused a drink. Not only did I refuse, I ran out of the house. LOL. Too scared to even stay there, and ran to a meeting. A pattern I would repeat for about ten years! :)

Thanks for remembering Bill’s birthday.

]]> By: Joe Perez http://www.republicoft.com/2009/11/26/happy-birthday-bill-w-and-thanks/comment-page-1/#comment-209294 Joe Perez Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:18:02 +0000 http://www.republicoft.com/2009/11/26/happy-birthday-bill-w-and-thanks/#comment-209294 Thanks for sharing on this valuable topic. It's wise to focus as you do on both the strengths and shortcomings of different approaches to recovery when so many people think that only their own approach has all the answers. Thanks for sharing on this valuable topic. It’s wise to focus as you do on both the strengths and shortcomings of different approaches to recovery when so many people think that only their own approach has all the answers.

]]> By: Chitown Kev http://www.republicoft.com/2009/11/26/happy-birthday-bill-w-and-thanks/comment-page-1/#comment-209269 Chitown Kev Sat, 28 Nov 2009 19:38:59 +0000 http://www.republicoft.com/2009/11/26/happy-birthday-bill-w-and-thanks/#comment-209269 Thanks, T. I didn't even know that Bill W.'s birthday was on the 26th. I, too, am a AA member with...13yrs of sobriety (well, it's actually a mix of sobriety and dry drunkeness but...I haven't picked up, that's part of the point, anyway). Thanks, T. I didn’t even know that Bill W.’s birthday was on the 26th. I, too, am a AA member with…13yrs of sobriety (well, it’s actually a mix of sobriety and dry drunkeness but…I haven’t picked up, that’s part of the point, anyway).

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