http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/anthony1wiley/This is just kind of rambling therapy for me. Perhaps it may be helpful to some of you at times. My name is John, and I'm in my 41st year of sobriety. Oh yes, I believe in God.hourly12000-01-01T12:00+00:00http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/anthony1wiley/636357The Struggle We are meant to be at home and comfortable In this world, that thought is irrefutable Yet some live lives of quiet desperation The opposite of peace within their station ******* Let your peace of mind be evident to others To friends, family, fathers and mothers Seeing your peace,...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/anthony1wiley/636246I'm outta here. I've tried to post a blog 3 times and lost it each time. I have got myself hyped up so much over an advertisement that's been running on TV for way too long, and today I decided to look into it. The Alcoholism and Addiction Cure is a book that a smoothie is offering on TV. Of...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/anthony1wiley/636205I learned that I like my teacher because she cries when we sing "Silent Night". Age 5 I learned that our dog doesn't want to eat my broccoli either. Age 7 I learned that when I wave to people in the country, they stop what they are doing and wave back. Age 9 I learned that just when I get my room...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/anthony1wiley/636119a lot of posts on my alcoholism, because going through it and coming out the other side could be useful to some perhaps, but of course my life became so much more with every year that passed in sobriety in AA. I never wrote a love story about my life and love for Joyce my previous wife, we just...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/anthony1wiley/636029As he was checking into the Dr's office, Loren said, "Nurses aren't supposed to laugh, are they?" "Of course, I won't laugh. I'm a professional nurse. In over twenty years I've never laughed at a patient." "Okay then," Loren said and proceeded to drop his trousers, revealing the tiniest schwantz...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/anthony1wiley/635959that at on point, while I was still drinking alcohol, I had been diagnosed several times with epilepsy, also called seizure disorder, chronic brain disorder that briefly interrupts the normal electrical activity of the brain to cause seizures, characterized by a variety of symptoms including...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/anthony1wiley/635821I had ten years of successful sobriety in 1977. Life had been good to me and the family had grown. The oldest three high school graduates and the youngest two were working at getting to graduation. This was the year that tested the strength of my sobriety and my faith in my God. My wife had...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/anthony1wiley/635748to talk to me about my being sober, and was never comfortable having a drink when I was present. My mother however, was never uncomfortable about my decision nor was she uncomfortable with me sober. Her love was unconditional, even when I had married my first wife whom she disliked with a...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/anthony1wiley/635650twelve years after I looked like this at age nineteen in St. Avold France. Sobriety for me gave me a faith in a God of my own understanding, whom I had never known in my entire life previously. The guy in this picture didn't have faith. It didn't happen right away after I got sober the first...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/anthony1wiley/635608The alcoholic kid. a man asked his companion if she'd like a drink. "Oh, no. What would I tell my Sunday school class?" she said. Later he offered her a cigarette and again she declined. "What would I tell my Sunday school class.?" On the drive home, he saw a motel. Figuring he had nothing to...