{"id":3547,"date":"2009-08-26T17:15:44","date_gmt":"2009-08-26T21:15:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/?p=3547"},"modified":"2009-08-26T17:15:44","modified_gmt":"2009-08-26T21:15:44","slug":"sobering-thoughts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/?p=3547","title":{"rendered":"Sobering thoughts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font face=\"Verdana\" size=\"2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.suntimes.com\/ebert\/2009\/08\/my_name_is_roger_and_im_an_alc.html\">Roger Ebert<\/a> writes eloquently about his struggles with alcoholism and the long road to recovery through AA:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>You may be wondering, in fact, why I&#8217;m violating the A.A. policy of anonymity and outing myself. A.A. is anonymous not because of shame but because of prudence; people who go public with their newly-found sobriety have an alarming tendency to relapse. Case studies: those pathetic celebrities who check into rehab and hold a press conference.<\/p>\n<p>In my case, I haven&#8217;t taken a drink for 30 years, and this is God&#8217;s truth: Since the first A.A. meeting I attended, I have never wanted to. Since surgery in July of 2006 I have literally not been able to drink at all. Unless I go insane and start pouring booze into my g-tube, I believe I&#8217;m reasonably safe. So consider this blog entry what A.A. calls a &#8220;12th step,&#8221; which means sharing the program with others. There&#8217;s a chance somebody will read this and take the steps toward sobriety.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I hope so.<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Roger Ebert writes eloquently about his struggles with alcoholism and the long road to recovery through AA: You may be wondering, in fact, why I&#8217;m violating the A.A. policy of anonymity and outing myself. A.A. is anonymous not because of shame but because of prudence; people who go public with their newly-found sobriety have an &#8230; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/?p=3547\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[5,12],"class_list":["post-3547","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-health","tag-writing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3547"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3547"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3547\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}