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Hometown:: Denver, Colorado

Relationship Status:: Single, It's Complicated

How long clean and sober: Recovering as of November 24, 2007

About Me:: I'm a struggling writer. I also work with dogs. I adore dogs, I just can't help it.

Looking for?: Sober friends, anyone to whom I can be of help or comfort, and information, especially about new research into the nature of alcoholism and new models of recovery (beyond the 12-Step model). I love unhooked.com...I don't have the online access to spend time in the chat room these days, but anyone can feel free to contact me here or send me an e-mail at francisthescribe@yahoo.com.

Website:: http://myspace.com/francisthescribe

From this hour I ordain myself loos'd of limits and imaginary lines,
Going where I list, my own master, total and absolute,
Listening to others, and considering well what they say,
Pausing, searching, receiving, contemplating,
Gently, but with undeniable will, divesting myself of the holds that
would hold me.
I inhale great draughts of space,
The east and west are mine, and the north and the south are
mine.
I am larger, better than I thought,
I did not know I held so much goodness.

--Walt Whitman, from "Song of the Open Road"

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saying goodbye

Hi folks-- Several of you have commented on the pics of my cat, Nikita, to say how beautiful she is. Those pics were taken last December, when she was roughly 17 1/2 years old. I came home last Friday to find her reclining on the bathroom floor. That was odd, because she's never liked the bathroom. It's dark in there, and there's a tile floor. Nikita's always had her everyday routine of dozing on the windowsill, or watching the squirrels and the birds in the big evergreen outside my window. Bu… Continue

Posted on July 22nd, 2008 at 1:12pm — 1 Comment (Add)

"be ye lamps unto yourselves"

I believe my title is a quotation from Shakyamuni Buddha; more specifically I think it's a quotation from the sermon he made to his monks as he was dying. Correct me if I'm wrong, anybody--I also think his words came out of his experience of becoming enlightened. In the search for enlightenment he tried every existing school of thought, every practice of self-denial, every philosophy, only to find that none of them led to what he was seeking. He thus sat down under the Bodhi tree and said, "I'm… Continue

Posted on July 14th, 2008 at 1:13pm — No Comments (Add)

The closing of chapters

Hi everybody from Denver, where it's snowing in May. I can't tell if it's cold. I don't really feel the cold. The early-blooming plants have been, well, riotous this year. Deep pink crabapple trees, brilliant white trees I don't know the name of, purple trees so intense that they stop me in my tracks, and those flaming yellow shrubs (azaleas? maybe not). Tulips, daffodils, crocuses...it's been downright festive around here. This snow will bring most of the petals down off the trees, and after t… Continue

Posted on May 1st, 2008 at 2:21pm — 3 Comments (Add)

Your honor, I object!

Okay...I've left AA. There was a last straw in there someplace, some last ideological straw that broke the proverbial camel's back--but I can't remember what it was. Wait. Yes I can. It was when I heard somebody say (an AA member, I mean) say in effect that his thinking was invalid because (forgive me for quoting out of context--the context wouldn't alter the meaning) as he put it, "...I am an alcoholic, so I am inherently selfish and self-centered...." I felt like that moment in the film "Nor… Continue

Posted on March 6th, 2008 at 10:00am — 6 Comments (Add)

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At 5:33pm on July 3rd, 2008, Lois Z said…: I'd love that Francis, thanks. Send it on if you like :o) Look forward to it.

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At 5:26pm on April 14th, 2008, Lois Z said…: Hi Francis; great to see you back and you're almost at the five month mark congratulations :o) You're doing excellent work Francis, keep it up, lady. Take care always. I've missed your writing. Glad you are doing so well

At 2:05pm on March 9th, 2008, Keifer said…: Thanks, Francis!
Yeah, I only had one relapse, and I personally wouldn't call it a relapse. I've been sober from drinking since 1983, but picked up a joint in 1993. I had left AA a few years earlier, maybe 1993. At any rate, for both addictions, I stayed sober immediately as of my first meeting. To me it was common sense. It just hadn't occurred to me I was alcohoilic, and I didn't think pot was addictive.
But, here we go. I feel like it's deja vu. All the things that drove me nuts before (humility, God, you know the drill...)
are driving me nuts again. I love my sponsor but she says I'me a beginner at spiritual growth. I have a masters in theology! I'm very clear on what I don't believe and why.
But she's advising me that I'm sick, a newcomer, running the show, ego-driven, not in touch with my feelings. And of course if I don't buy into that, I am "self will run riot" and may just die.
I'm very conflicted. I feel pulled towards friends and fun and sharing, and pulled toward common sense and reason.
The site here is really helping me a lot.
Thanks for your blog, and letting me rant, and your help!
Enjoy your day --

Sheesh.

At 10:18pm on March 6th, 2008, Lois Z said…: i very much enjoy your writings. Helps me to read others' experiences in life, along the way to alcoholism and then RECOVERY! It's what its all about, we're here for eachother. Writing is one of the best ways to express our feelings, and you do it very well. You're doing great Francis, keep at it. Have a good day and take good care

At 3:18am on March 5th, 2008, Lois Z said…: Good Morning Francis, just stopped by to say hi and see how you're doing. Hope all is well : ) Have a great day

At 1:27pm on February 17th, 2008, sylvia said…: welcome to you, look forward to speaking to you in unhooked.com chat room. It has helped me so much, will have 6 months sober in 2 weeks :)