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Apr 5, 2021
4 min

The First Steps to A Sober Life

*Excerpt from Polluted: My Sober Journey. Alcohol, Addiction and the 7 Stages to Getting Clean. The last year of my drinking was a living hell. That may sound dramatic, but there’s no other way to describe it. I was 42 years old, flat broke and living alone in a shitty one-bedroom apartment in Los Angeles. I drank every day, snorted and smoked cocaine whenever I could, and hung around other alcoholics and addicts. I was living a life of quiet desperation. I was a complete mes

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The Alcoholic in Your Family; What To Do When Faced with Destructive Addiction in The Home.

Dirk Foster

Mar 22, 2021
2 min

The Alcoholic in Your Family; What To Do When Faced with Destructive Addiction in The Home.

I’m going to start by stating clearly and in simple language that I am an alcoholic. I have been sober since 2007 and I thank God every single day for my recovery. Okay, now that that’s out of the way… There are millions of alcoholics in the United States (and millions more around the world). We all know that. But what happens if an alcoholic lives in your home? How do you deal with an alcoholic family member, especially if that family member is a human tornado of destructive

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Dirk Foster

Jan 6, 2021
6 min

When An Alcoholic Cries Out for Help

I’m lying face down on the floor of a cheap motel in Los Angeles, my head turned to the side. The room is dark and spinning. I can smell the filthy rug pressing against my cheek. I hear cars passing on the street outside, tires sloshing over the rain-soaked pavement. I attempt to crawl to the bed but my body simply won’t function. My brain is saying, Crawl! but my body is saying, Screw you! I ain’t moving! I just want to get off the damn floor. I’m trying as hard as I can to

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Dirk Foster

Oct 8, 2020
3 min

Surviving the Sharks in Early Sobriety

I want to state clearly that in no way do I think that getting sober is easy. In fact, in my own personal experience, I found that getting sober was brutal and frightening. For several years I tried and failed miserably to get sober on my own using nothing but willpower. I knew with absolute certainty that I was an alcoholic, but I just couldn’t manage to stop drinking no matter how hard I tried. I would stop for a few days or weeks, but that was as far as I could get. I jus

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Red Flags and Warning Signs That It's Time to Stop Drinking. Getting Sober.

Dirk Foster

Sep 25, 2020
3 min

Red Flags and Warning Signs That It's Time to Stop Drinking. Getting Sober.

I put it off as long as I could. I had entirely accepted that I was an alcoholic. I was very aware of this fact in those final years. But it

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Sobriety and Your Body. Staying Fit in Recovery.

Dirk Foster

Sep 25, 2020
2 min

Sobriety and Your Body. Staying Fit in Recovery.

One of the most common forms of damage from long term addiction is the damage we inflict on our heart and lungs. If you’ve spent years...

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Early Sobriety Can be An Uphill Climb. Don't Give Up!

Dirk Foster

Sep 25, 2020
4 min

Early Sobriety Can be An Uphill Climb. Don't Give Up!

early recovery can be brutal. This is just a fact and if you haven’t discovered it already, then you probably will if you’re new to sobriety

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Staying Fit and Healthy in Early Sobriety

Dirk Foster

Sep 25, 2020
3 min

Staying Fit and Healthy in Early Sobriety

Does the word “exercise” fill you with dread? When you hear the term “working out” do you suddenly panic and start looking for the nearest escape route to freedom? If you’re like most recovering addicts, the idea of exercising is as appealing as brain surgery: “No, thanks; I’ll just enjoy with the aneurysm, thank you very much.” As addicts, we prefer the easy way whenever possible. We seek the path of least resistance, even if the path we’re on is self-destructive. In many wa

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Dirk Foster

Sep 25, 2020
2 min

Sobriety Flourishes in Positivity

Do you see the glass half empty or half full? According to the Mayo Clinic, positive thinking helps with stress management, can improve your

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How Addiction to Alcohol and Drugs Harms Your Body

Dirk Foster

Sep 25, 2020
2 min

How Addiction to Alcohol and Drugs Harms Your Body

Every time you pour alcohol down your throat, snort coke, or shoot heroin you’re poisoning your body. This probably isn’t news to you, but i

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