Deep Sober

Or ‘rehab’ as we laughingly call it, isn’t exactly the kind of place you want to go if you’re feeling all …

After the drama queen events that have consumed my last few days, it occurred to me to talk about a matter …

I wanted to write something about ‘the thing that happened to me’ last week, and what’s happening now. As you’ll have …

This time last Christmas I was in hospital, curled up under a blanket shuddering from the effects of alcohol detoxification, my …

Six months yesterday the last drop of ethyl-alcohol I’ll ever knowingly ingest slipped down my throat. Or at least, I hope …

I don’t want to dwell on it too much here, but it was two years ago today that my mum died. …

With the best will in the world it can sometimes be very difficult to take regional (or national) politics in Australia …

Over the last few weeks I’ve been taking a medication called Naltrexone, to help with my drinking problem. Pushed as a …

So that, as they say, is that. After nearly three months, I’ve left the Gunnebah Addiction Retreat to start the next …

On Saturday I posted a picture here of my son Blake, who I finally got to see over the weekend. Although …