Year: 2019

Since I started this journal a number of people have messaged me, saying that these posts have caused to them to …

Before my entire life went down the pan and got flushed away into the sewer never to be seen again, thoughts …

Being genuinely homeless, which is to say having to sleep in public areas without option, is an enervating but, for me …

Relapsing is part of addiction and, some would argue, part of recovery too. Of course, that’s not an excuse to immediately …

‘Hi, I’m Nick and I’m an alcoholic’. I’ve said these words at countless AA meetings over the last two years, and …

One of the few silver linings to being an alcoholic is, paradoxically, the lack of hangovers. Or hangovers as understood by …

The D-Man left rehab today, rehab being the Gunnebah Addiction Retreat, in the Tweed Valley area of northern New South Wales, …

Before you go into rehab it’s usually the case that you need to go to a detoxification clinic first, to get …

You get all sorts of people at rehab, which is all part of the fun I suppose. Amongst others, we have …