tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63434897097230245242024-09-11T22:19:36.090-07:00&quot;Desperately Seeking Sex &amp; Sobriety&quot; - A Cautionary Tale of Sex Tourism, Drugs, Alcohol, Prostitution &amp; SuicidePaul Pisceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04578300893717717927noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6343489709723024524.post-4515812449509746132010-09-18T00:16:00.000-07:002011-10-03T10:58:13.277-07:00New website:<br /> <a href="http://paulpisces.com/" id="link_1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://paulpisces.com/</a><br /> <br /> Book now on Kindle:<br /> <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0042P53O2" id="link_2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0042P53O2</a><br /> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0042P53O2" id="link_3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0042P53O2</a><br /> <br /> Other links:<br /> <a href="http://www.alcoholismbook.net/">http://www.alcoholismbook.net/</a><br /> <a href="http://www.alcoholism-book.com/">http://www.alcoholism-book.com/</a><br /> <a href="http://www.sex-tourism-addiction-prostitution-book.com/">http://www.sex-tourism-addiction-prostitution-book.com/</a><br /> <a href="http://www.digs.demon.co.uk/">http://www.digs.demon.co.uk/</a><br /> <a href="http://paulpisces.wordpress.com/">paulpisces.wordpress.com</a>Paul Pisceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04578300893717717927noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6343489709723024524.post-48369483798762545112010-07-16T09:13:00.000-07:002011-10-03T12:01:11.460-07:00<strong>3rd&nbsp;October 2011</strong><br /> Update - still sober (834 days).<br /> Just finished my year as&nbsp;chair at the Saturday night meeting of AA I go to.<br /> I am now very comfortable with sobriety - I enjoy it.<br /> Sobriety has required some significant changes to my life but they are worth it.<br /> Now if I can't enjoy something sober I don't do it.<br /> This applies to events, places, people, relationships, friends, work, leisure...everything.<br /> If&nbsp;it doesn't work sober I change it or stop it.<br /> My life is on the line so there&nbsp;is no room for compromise.<br /> My main&nbsp;theme as chair at the meeting was "Sobriety should be fun, if it isn't you are doing it wrong - so change it...."<br /> <br /> <strong>22nd June 2011</strong><br /> I still live.<br /> And I have completed 2 years of sobriety.<br /> The best years of my life so far.<br /> <br /> <strong>26th February 2010</strong><br /> I am 50 years old now &amp; celebrated my 50th birthday in a mental hospital.<br /> I am out now and recovering from the&nbsp;chronic alcoholism that nearly killed me.<br /> Today it is good to be alive.<br /> <br /> I am a 50 year old alcoholic with a 30 year addiction.<br /> I am now 8 months out of a 28-day rehab.<br /> <br /> Over the past two years I have been in 4 different mental hospitals.<br /> I have a choice:<br /> 1) Drink and end up in an institution, on the streets or dead.<br /> 2) Don't drink.<br /> <br /> At the moment I choose 2.<br /> <br /> Successful recovery requires (IMHO):<br /> <br /> 1) A support group (AA, NA)<br /> 2) 12 steps or equivalent spiritual program<br /> 3) Realisation/Acceptance (Step 1)<br /> 4) Commitment<br /> 5) Dedication<br /> 6) Hope for the future<br /> <br /> I am working on it....<br /> <br /> The thing about a 30 year habit is that you don't fix it overnight (unless you are very lucky).<br /> I have had numerous relapses in the last 18 months, which is why I kept ending up in the psychiatric ward.<br /> <br /> I committed myself 3 times because I became seriously suicidal and needed a detox.<br /> The last (4th) time I went into a 28-day rehab with a 12-step program.<br /> That helped a lot and now I go to AA.<br /> <br /> AA isn't a miracle cure but for me being able to talk openly about my addiction is priceless.<br /> I don't know what the future holds but for today I'm sober and for today that's enough.<br /> <br /> 8 months sober.<br /> I haven't been 8 months sober for 35 years.<br /> Sobriety is suiting me at the moment but it really is one day at a time.<br /> Paul Pisceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04578300893717717927noreply@blogger.com0