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Healing Alcoholic seeks to know the best diet for a faster recovery process

SIDDI KIMPOLE @SIDIKIMPOLE (3480) • Eldoret, Kenya 2 Jan

A friend of mine whom I talked out of alcoholism recently asked me to recommend him a good diet as he began his sobriety resolution on Jan 1st. 2026. I am not a dietician but recommended him to take more vegetable and fruit salad,...

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SIDDI KIMPOLE @SIDIKIMPOLE (3480) • Eldoret, Kenya 8 Dec

Having been an alcoholic and suffered a lot as a result of overindulgence in drinking, I made a decision to quit. However, many of my friends still do drink, dangerously. I was so much moved by the miserable lives that drunkards...

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MY WRITING PROGRESS…

SIDDI KIMPOLE @SIDIKIMPOLE (3480) • Eldoret, Kenya 26 Nov

“Yes, the battle out of the bottle” is on course Here is an excerpt from one of its earlier chapters! …I personally have several accounts that ring in many people’s heads, especially those to whom I was close to before I got into...

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12.08.2025. Resumed writing, writing a memoir on alcoholism

SIDDI KIMPOLE @SIDIKIMPOLE (3480) • Eldoret, Kenya 12 Aug

Woke up early as usual and did much in the farm, fed the birds had good breakfast (a mug of coffee, a plate of beans and two ripe bananas). On my way to the cyber, I was occupied by desire to write. This time round the desire was...

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Unfriending a new friend in Facebook

Luis Asuncion @luisga814 (7138) • Quezon City, Philippines 19 May 23

Hi there, hope you're doing well right now. Today is May 20, 2023 at 1:14am in my timezone. I just reached home from my work in a new company of my work shift at 2pm-10pm (May 19, 2023) around 11:15pm. And since Saturday and...

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They Shoot Their Wives, Don’t They?

Four Walls @FourWalls (86755) • United States 4 Jan 23

New day, new song, new rabbit hole. Today I used the Oscar-winning song “For All We Know” from the film Lovers and Other Strangers. A lot of you who know the song may be completely unaware of the fact that the song,...

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Extremely Painful

Mistyck Moon @MistyckMoon (935) • United States 13 Dec 22

Withdrawal from alcohol is such an extremely painful process. I am having thoughts of overdosing on meds just to be able to sleep away the pain. I cannot go to a hospital because I have 3 fur babies to take care of. My oldest is...

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Alcohol is considered a substance of abuse, but we keep drinking it?

Jenaisle @Jenaisle (16568) • Philippines 20 Aug 20

The two most common substances of abuse are alcohol and cigarettes. Researchers have proven that pregnant women drinking alcohol increase their risk of fetal deformation or death. Alcohol also becomes addictive in the long run. As...

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Loving Someone That suffers from Alcoholism.

Mistyck Moon @MistyckMoon (935) • United States 6 Mar 20

It has been a stressful week for sure. I love my husband but hate having to deal with his drinking. It causes me so much stress and anxiety. But he has really been trying to cut down but he doesn't want to stop altogether. When he...

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Movie Review Evelyn

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 2 Sep 19

Spoiler alerts – 2003 A very disappointing biopic, based on the true story of Irishman, Desmond Doyle, played by the film’s producer, former James Bond star, Pierce Brosnan. Doyle was an alcoholic, whose children were taken...

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My unusual social interaction for yesterday.

The Horse @TheHorse (238325) • Walnut Creek, California 23 Apr 19

So, it 4:15 PM, I'm done with work at the preschool, and I stop at the liquor store to buy a Coke and some smokes. I have the last smoke from my previous pack ready to fire up, and I'm about to do so when a black lady of about...

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Meet the Family (Part 6)

Jackie Money @olliesmum (828) • Norwich, England 14 Feb 19

To recap, my mum now has more time away from my abusive grandmother. She has a job as a secretary at the local village garage working for Sam Gurney. Through her work she had the opportunity to make more friends, both male and...

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Movie Review The Lost Weekend

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 28 May 18

1945 – Spoiler alerts A classic study of alcoholism, starring Ray Milland and Jane Wyman. Milland plays a New York writer with a serious drink problem. He hides whisky round the house, steals money, pawns everything he can to...

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DRUGS

CHRISTINE KAGENDO @kagendo (14) 1 Mar 18

In my opinion, being an alcoholic doesn't only apply to those who can't function without it. I find myself thinking I am falling into the alcoholic category because I drink often(even though it's just in small amount) like 3-5...

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review: horror: "The Drunkard's Dream" by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

Siduri @msiduri (5687) • United States 28 Apr 17

The Rev. Francis Purcell, a fictitious Roman Catholic priest, tells this story. Sometime in the year 17—, his servant woke his earlier than usual to make him aware of a sick call. A young girl stood outside, at first reluctant to...

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TV Review - To Walk Invisible

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 8 Jan 17

2016 - BBC TV Spoiler alerts A true labour of love BBC drama documentary look at the troubled lives of the three Bronte sisters, Emily, Anne and Charlotte, their father the Parson and their brother Branwell. Branwell initiated...

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Do you drink alcohol?

The Horse @TheHorse (238325) • Walnut Creek, California 11 Aug 16

Jesse Winchester, one of my favorite songwriter/musicians, wrote, "As soon as you learn that you don't live forever/you grow fond of the fruit of the vine." I suppose it was his way of saying that we use alcohol to dampen the...

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If bars gave back...

ShannyBananny @shaggin (74987) • United States 29 Jun 16

Some of you may remember back in April a local bar did a Bachelor Auction and raised over $5000 for Autism awareness. They only had three guys they auctioned off. This same bar is going to to a Bachelorette auction next weekend....

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Replace the War On Drugs with sensible regulation and social programs

Brian Leekley @bleekley (8) • United States 7 Jun 16

The so-called War On Drugs in the USA has been very harmful to society. I don't see the sense of labeling drug addicts criminals and putting them in prison. Alcoholics—booze addicts—aren't called felons and put in prison. My...

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Growing up with an Alcoholic Parent

angel_smiles @Lolaze (5092) • St. Louis, Missouri 2 May 16

My mom always denied my dad was an alcoholic when I was a kid. I was about 12 when I started realizing there was something different with my family than my friend's families. None of them ever mentioned their dad's going to the...

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