Recent Posts About alcohol

What does a 25-year-old Pop Star & a 57-year-old Nuclear Physicist Have in Common?

July 31, 2018

Tags: addict, addiction, advice, alcohol, Alcoholic, author, Demi Lovato, nuclear physicist, The Stranger

Not a damn thing. Well, that was my initial thought.

I first heard of Demi Lovato’s relapse and hospitalization last week through a friend of mine, Kurt. We were having one of our routine conversations and the topic just wove its way into it as contemporary, newsworthy issues have a way of doing.

I knew little of Demi Lovato as a popstar, entertainer, or her personal life prior to my conversation with Kurt. Walking back to my car, I decided I would find out a little bit about her. What intrigued me was the fact she was a self-confessed addict, in addition to alcoholism.

death by stigma: when others kill for the stranger

May 22, 2018

Tags: advice, alcohol, Alcoholic, Alcoholic logic, author, Jim Spina, stigma, the stigma of alcoholism, TRUTH

I suffered two massive hemorrhages, causing fatal bleeding and a trip via helicopter to a hospital’s Shock-Trauma center.

Miraculously I’m alive. In the aftermath of this horrific medical trauma and near-death experience, I need to talk with you about the Stigma of alcoholism.

What’s at the end of your rainbow?

March 15, 2018

Tags: advice, alcohol, Alcoholic, author, drinking, holiday, holidays, personal growth, saint, saint patrick's day, search for meaning, Sobriety, soul searching, st pattie's day, The Stranger, tragically hilarious, TRUTH

Let’s take a moment and reflect back upon all the cheer St. Patrick’s Day has brought us each over the years! It’s truly an enchanted day, leprechauns, lucky charms, shamrocks, green apparel, pots of gold, rainbows, and gallons of green beer.

It’s quite a day!

The Best and Worst Blind Date of Your Life

December 23, 2017

Tags: advice, alcohol, Alcoholic, Alcoholic logic, author, balance, drinking, Hard-core Alcoholics, Jim Spina, The Stranger, TRUTH

Imagine this: You are set up for a blind date. You meet your date, this person chosen specifically for you when suddenly, something awesome and mysterious happens, commanding the attention of your entire being…

You receive a glimpse of paradise.

How to Fuck up your Holidays: Wisdom of the Ages

December 6, 2017

Tags: advice, alcohol, Alcoholic, author, christmas, dread, drinking, Drunk, Drunkenness, family, guiltless, Hard-core Alcoholics, holidays, Jim Spina, personal growth, relationships, tragically hilarious, TRUTH, wisdom

Earlier this week we learned without question, the wisest thing to do this holiday season is enjoying yourself and start drinking. Implicit with this decision is that you’ll be fucking up your family’s holidays which may in turn ruin yours.

These tips are from years of personal experience, along with the anonymously shared insight of hundreds. Centuries of wisdom are within. Why, I had to quite literally, drink myself to death to acquire mine.

How to Fuck up your Holidays: Decisions, Decisions

December 3, 2017

Thanksgiving is over, thank God. That’s the shittiest holiday. It shouldn’t even count as one; it’s just a very long day.

All that’s behind you because the Holiday Season is upon us! You now have a decision to make…

TERROR: the prick of the herd

November 13, 2017

Tags: advice, alcohol, Alcoholic, Alcoholic logic, Four Horsemen, Hard-core Alcoholics, life, search for meaning, Terror, The Four Horsemen of Alcoholism, The Horsemen, The Stranger, tragically hilarious

Congratulations, doomed comrade!

You successfully drank yourself comatose once again, just a few hours ago. It’s time for your wake up call.

“Consciousness. Damn it!”

What did you expect? You have only oblivion, the vast blackness of night surrounding you…

You’re So Screwed: All you need to know about the Four Horsemen of Alcoholism

November 9, 2017

The Four Horsemen of Alcoholism.

They’re the equine-riding demons that devour your mind, will and emotions (and your soul a little later).

This is not a voluntary ride.

Ramblings of a Former Madman