alcoholism
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First Time Drinkers By Joe S. Thomas
*** On the days that I really fight the depression that often overwhelms me I find myself thinking a lot about when I started drinking and drugging, why I did so and how it has affected my life… I’m still no goody 2 shoes and I’m not cool with anyone telling me how to live… Continue reading
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Windsor Court By Joe S. Thomas
*** I woke up today with thoughts of Windsor Court in my mind… I believe that’s my subconscious begging for a bit of punishment or perhaps some nostalgia for things long past and even dead… Windsor Court, it sounds so elegant… And the neighborhood itself was at one time… Two and three story, beautiful homes… Continue reading
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My Sensitivity and Alcoholism By Joe S. Thomas
*** Though many probably have no clue about it, I was as a child, and am as a man, a sensitive human being… I’m shamed easily, I have little to no self worth or self esteem and I find nothing at all special about myself… And that’s fine… The reason I’m saying these things is… Continue reading
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Alcohol and a Piece of My Past By Joe S. Thomas
*** It’s been quite a while since I’ve even tasted alcohol… It’s been at least 5 years… The last time was when I had a glass of wine at a lonely party on New Year’s Eve… The fact that I can now stop after one drink is in and of itself some sort of miracle… Continue reading
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Brotherhood of Loss By Joe S. Thomas
*** After being unable to sleep again tonight I picked up Frank Bill’s book Back to the Dirt which I’d finished a year or so ago… I didn’t re-read the whole book, but I did read the Afterword again where he writes about his father, a Marine who was awarded the Purple Heart for his… Continue reading