Shaking the Family Tree
Viewing comments for Chapter 9 "Against all Odds."Excerpts from addition to recovery.
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Comment from flylikeaneagle
Dallas: great awareness of the strongholds of addictions,
abuse and alcohol. I hope your family is getting stronger
everyday. The group AA helps many. Seems like their own
society. It's good to have a support group. I like working out, walking
dogs and gardening. Hope you have success with your book.
flylikeaneagle
reply by the author on 26-May-2018
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Dallas: great awareness of the strongholds of addictions,
abuse and alcohol. I hope your family is getting stronger
everyday. The group AA helps many. Seems like their own
society. It's good to have a support group. I like working out, walking
dogs and gardening. Hope you have success with your book.
flylikeaneagle
Comment Written 26-May-2018
reply by the author on 26-May-2018
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Thanks for the kind review. Family is doing well. Many of us in recovery for several years.
Comment from Gideon300
A hard truth. A tough path. A long road, and the fact is we are all on it. Now that I'm older in my life, I see and realize more about addiction. I'eve been blessed not to have liked or wanted to abuse alcohol, drugs and cigarettes. But you are right to point out the other things, like food and the gym or other things we obsess about. I like that your work makes the reflect on all of that and take an opportunity to heal and forgive in the process.
reply by the author on 26-May-2018
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A hard truth. A tough path. A long road, and the fact is we are all on it. Now that I'm older in my life, I see and realize more about addiction. I'eve been blessed not to have liked or wanted to abuse alcohol, drugs and cigarettes. But you are right to point out the other things, like food and the gym or other things we obsess about. I like that your work makes the reflect on all of that and take an opportunity to heal and forgive in the process.
Comment Written 26-May-2018
reply by the author on 26-May-2018
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Thanks for the great review.
Comment from aanneee
This is a most amazing write and I feel very honored to have read it...your honesty is mind-blowing really and the pain of the addictions among a family that is frightening to think about how lives have been infecting by this disease. It is hard to know what to say. It seems to travel through generations of living. Thank you so much for this read...Dinah
reply by the author on 26-May-2018
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This is a most amazing write and I feel very honored to have read it...your honesty is mind-blowing really and the pain of the addictions among a family that is frightening to think about how lives have been infecting by this disease. It is hard to know what to say. It seems to travel through generations of living. Thank you so much for this read...Dinah
Comment Written 26-May-2018
reply by the author on 26-May-2018
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Thank you do much for the terrific review. Only a few more chapters to go. Hope to see you next week.
Comment from Sandra du Plessis
A very well-written chapter. It is one of the hardest things to combat an addiction. I struggle for years to quit smoking cigarettes. I only got it right when it was too late to prevent amputation.
reply by the author on 26-May-2018
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A very well-written chapter. It is one of the hardest things to combat an addiction. I struggle for years to quit smoking cigarettes. I only got it right when it was too late to prevent amputation.
Comment Written 26-May-2018
reply by the author on 26-May-2018
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Wow. So sorry. Thanks for the review. I am curious, how did smoking come in to play in the amputation?
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It causes blockage in my arteries and stops blood flow to my lower legs, a surgery to remove a lump in my leg could not heal because of the lack of blood flow which leads to gangrene and at the end amputation.
Comment from Katya
It's long, discursive, and didactic, but hey, no prob among friends! It's well written. I've got no editorial suggestions.
And it is, as far as my experience goes, entirely accurate. And I seldom read things about addiction I can say that about!! Good on you for the discussion of the family afterwards--that's important information and often neglected.
reply by the author on 26-May-2018
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It's long, discursive, and didactic, but hey, no prob among friends! It's well written. I've got no editorial suggestions.
And it is, as far as my experience goes, entirely accurate. And I seldom read things about addiction I can say that about!! Good on you for the discussion of the family afterwards--that's important information and often neglected.
Comment Written 26-May-2018
reply by the author on 26-May-2018
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Thanks for the support. Shorter chapters will wind it up. I chose the length of the chapters based on my ability to promote it. There is a method to my madness.
Comment from royowen
I concur that addicts tend to be born and propensity tends to remain with in one way or another, they say the remedy is to replace one habit with another, but no addiction is preferable, just a balance life without, the toughest was the smoking for me, alcohol has been gone for 34 years, as has the others, it took about 8 years for the ciggies to completely vanish, when having a cup of coffee, or after a meal, it seems it hangs on mentally, well done, I identify, it makes a difference, God revealed they were idols, replacing Him. Well done, blessings, Roy
reply by the author on 26-May-2018
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I concur that addicts tend to be born and propensity tends to remain with in one way or another, they say the remedy is to replace one habit with another, but no addiction is preferable, just a balance life without, the toughest was the smoking for me, alcohol has been gone for 34 years, as has the others, it took about 8 years for the ciggies to completely vanish, when having a cup of coffee, or after a meal, it seems it hangs on mentally, well done, I identify, it makes a difference, God revealed they were idols, replacing Him. Well done, blessings, Roy
Comment Written 26-May-2018
reply by the author on 26-May-2018
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Thanks for the great review. My nicotine addiction ended 1 year following the alcohol.
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Well done
Comment from apky
This passage really described the formidable vicious circle of addiction. You did a great job describing it with words anybody can grasp instead of the usual "expert" way of doing it:
Nicotine, food, and exercise taunted me. One year into recovery, I decided to quit smoking. Before I succeeded, I was chewing Nicorette and sneaking cigarettes. It didn't matter that the combination could cause serious heart problems. Every time I took a break from work, I would slip downstairs and have a rendezvous with the vending machine, stuff my pockets with Reese's cups, then smuggle them into the restroom where no one could witness their annihilation. I still wasn't convinced that I had an addictive personality until my sponsor noticed how it flexed its muscles at the gym.
reply by the author on 26-May-2018
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This passage really described the formidable vicious circle of addiction. You did a great job describing it with words anybody can grasp instead of the usual "expert" way of doing it:
Nicotine, food, and exercise taunted me. One year into recovery, I decided to quit smoking. Before I succeeded, I was chewing Nicorette and sneaking cigarettes. It didn't matter that the combination could cause serious heart problems. Every time I took a break from work, I would slip downstairs and have a rendezvous with the vending machine, stuff my pockets with Reese's cups, then smuggle them into the restroom where no one could witness their annihilation. I still wasn't convinced that I had an addictive personality until my sponsor noticed how it flexed its muscles at the gym.
Comment Written 26-May-2018
reply by the author on 26-May-2018
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Thanks for the great review.
Comment from Thomas Bowling
You bring up an interesting point, one that's often overlooked. Addictive personalities are easily hooked on a number of things. I knew a girl who wanted to stay away from wine, so she started drinking bottled water, but not just any water would do. It had to be Perrier.
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reply by the author on 26-May-2018
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You bring up an interesting point, one that's often overlooked. Addictive personalities are easily hooked on a number of things. I knew a girl who wanted to stay away from wine, so she started drinking bottled water, but not just any water would do. It had to be Perrier.
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Comment Written 26-May-2018
reply by the author on 26-May-2018
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Yes it occurs quite often. Thank you for following.
Comment from kiwijenny
Addiction is far-reaching. It contaminates every heart and soul it touches. It is devastating the very fabric of our society, as well as rupturing our values. It rips open the seams of trust and devours hope as it whips us into servitude. And if that isn't enough, it dominates the obituary columns with the unspoken stories of young people dying way before their God-granted time on this earth.
Thank you. Enlarge this no shout it out loud or put it on a bill board on the highway. Amen amen amen
God bless
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reply by the author on 26-May-2018
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Addiction is far-reaching. It contaminates every heart and soul it touches. It is devastating the very fabric of our society, as well as rupturing our values. It rips open the seams of trust and devours hope as it whips us into servitude. And if that isn't enough, it dominates the obituary columns with the unspoken stories of young people dying way before their God-granted time on this earth.
Thank you. Enlarge this no shout it out loud or put it on a bill board on the highway. Amen amen amen
God bless
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Comment Written 26-May-2018
reply by the author on 26-May-2018
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Thank you for the enthusiastic review and for following.