Blackouts are periods of intoxication during which the individual is unable to form or store new memories, though he or she appears to be awake and alert. It is not a good sign. By Ron T Mark came to at 30 miles an hour. This was just an estimate because his attention was in the rearview mirror. They seemed to be chasing him, these freakish-looking men. As his focus returned he could see carnival booths passing by. My God, he surmised, I am on the midway. The Arkansas State Fair is not … [Read more...]
Lit-A Memoir
Review by David Palmer By Mary Karr Harper Collins “Age seventeen, stringy-haired and halter-topped, weighing in the high double digits and unhindered by a high school diploma, I showed up at the Pacific ocean, ready to seek my fortune with a truck full of extremely stoned surfers.” With this opening paragraph in Lit, her third memoir, Mary Karr, author of Liar’s Club and Cherry; a Guggenheim Fellow in poetry; and a Peck professor of literature at Syracuse University, takes us on a wild, … [Read more...]
My Love Affair with Cocaine and My Recovery
By Kristi M. My name is Kristi and I am a very grateful recovering addict. It wasn’t always this way, though. I was born to parents who loved me but couldn’t love each other. They divorced when I was two, and my dad got custody. When I was seven my mom regained custody, and I moved back in with her and my new step-father. At age 10 I began skipping school. My behavior didn’t improve so I was put in a behavioral program for children. I did well there and after five weeks I returned … [Read more...]
Wilbur Mills Center helps dads take responsibility
By David Palmer There are 24 million children in the United States — that’s one out of three — who live without their biological father. It is a problem with serious consequences. Children who live absent their biological fathers are at least two or three times more likely to be poor, to use drugs and to experience educational, health, emotional and behavior problems. Absentee fathers have been criticized for shirking their parental responsibilities and in many cases deservedly so. At the … [Read more...]
Choose Not To Fear
Choose not to fear By Ruth M. My Higher Power (MHP) likes to keep me busy with challenges. I have learned through the program that it’s not so healthy to create my own chaos, because the challenges MHP provides are quite enough thank you very much. I have heard over and over again, “God won’t give you more than you can handle”… blah, blah, blah. Are these people nuts? Have these people seen my credit card bill? Have they walked in my shoes and lived with my ADS? Have they met my spouse of 30 … [Read more...]
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