Tammy Kirby's Testimony From the ashes of addiction, a glimmer of hope My name is Tammy. I am a believer who struggles with drug addiction, depression, and anger. My parents divorced when I was 6 months old. My dad remarried a couple of times, and we didn’t see him much. My mom married a few times after their divorce. Her next marriage brought us a brother but his dad died when my brother was young. That marriage was followed by another to a man who was an abusive alcoholic and mistreated all … [Read more...]
Methland – The Heartland’s Home Cooking
By Nick Reding Reviewed by Bill Kauffman Published in the Wall Street Journal on June 9, 2009 Oelwein, Iowa, pronounced “Ol Wine,” is a small city of about 6,700 souls in northeast Iowa that Jay Leno reportedly once called “possibly the worst place in the world.” There are those who love it, though, and the effort of these faithful Oelweiners to revive their methamphetamine-dazed town is the subject of Nick Reding’s “Methland.” Mr. Reding, a Missouri-bred New York City journalist, traveled … [Read more...]
How to Raise a Drug Free Kid
The straight dope for parents By Joseph A. Califano, Jr. Fireside, a division of Simon & Schuster Reviewed by David Palmer Near the end of Joseph Califano’s book, “How to raise a Drug Free Kid,” the author quotes a father who wrote, “Like so many parents, we didn’t heed the warning signs. We found an empty beer bottle in the backyard, we smelled pot on his clothes, we found an unidentifiable pill in the laundry room; we chalked these things up to normal teen behavior, but we … [Read more...]
Out of gas on a storm-filled night
A pilot passes the point of no return By Ron T. On that unforgettable October night in 1999, we were on approach into Little Rock National Airport, and it was bad. “Go around max thrust flaps nine, positive rate gear up,” I commanded as the ground proximity warning blared “too low terrain.” My co-pilot froze while I struggled to overcome the inertia of 50,000 pounds of airliner descending at 2200 feet per minute. I was the Captain and flying this leg of a very long five-leg day. This go-around … [Read more...]
From “trash can” to redemption. And a prayer for a son’s return
By Christy N. My name is Christy. I’m a believer who struggles with drug addiction, codependency, resentment, anger, overeating and depression. My family life was dysfunctional from the beginning. My mom was a people pleaser, trying to please my abusive dad and trying to protect my sister and me from his anger and abuse. He was not an alcoholic, but he was abused terribly as a child and, as we know, “hurting people hurt people.” My mom grew up in an extremely dysfunctional family as … [Read more...]
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