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Showing posts with label recovering alcoholics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label recovering alcoholics. Show all posts

Saturday, February 12, 2011

12 Step Alcoholics Anonymous T-Shirts - Recovery Tees

 12 Step Alcoholics Anonymous T-Shirts and Recovery Tees


 
Looking back over 23 years of drinking it has become quite clear that I could be the "poster boy" of the guy "falling off the wagon". I can't recall how many times I have quit drinking, only to give in to temptation (addiction?)..

My longest durations of "abstinence" from drinking was when I would attend Alcoholics Anonymous meetings. It was always nice to relate with others who you could relate to. It gives you a sense of inner strength when you have the support of others. Others who understand how you feel. Others who seem to care as much or more for your recovery than you do!

Here are some 12 step, Alcoholics Anonymous, and Recovery t-shirts that I have found that you may enjoy. Actually I should probably buy a few. It wouldn't hurt to be wearing a constant reminder of my sobriety (yeah, all 20 hours of it!). If nothing else maybe some AA lifers may stumble upon my blog and leave a few comments for support.

I appreciate all of the supportive comments people have left over the past couple of years. If your new to the site, and are curious to what an alcoholics life is like then follow this blog. If you don't drink, maybe my roller coaster life will give you the incentive to never even start! Or maybe your on the wagon but have been having weak moments and are afraid that you just may fall off! Stay the course. One day at a time!

Imagine That! Me Sober

Imagine that Me Sober White T-Shirt 
This is the Alcoholics Anonymous t-shirt that I am going to get. It describes me well. I am sure people have a hard time when I say that I am going to stay sober. I've said it too many times and I've lost all credibility. One of these days I'll get it right!
24 Hour Club, Alcoholics Anonymous Long Sleeve T-Shirt

PROUD MEMBER 24 HOUR Long Sleeve Alcoholics Anonymous T-Shirt

This t-shirt was actually designed by a recovering alcoholic!

The Monkey is Off My Back, But the Circus is Still in Town!

This tee is perfect for those in the early stages of recovery!

The Monkey Women's Light T-Shirt


Alcoholics Anonymous University of Hard Knocks T-Shirt

This AA tee would be perfect for just about anyone that has suffered from alcoholism. Alcoholics live a hard life, and make lives hard on others around them.

AA UV HARD KNOCKS Light T-Shirt


 12 Step Recovery T-Shirt - When All Else Fails Try The Steps

Here is a pretty smart slogan that anyone in the 12 step program could relate to! It says "The Elevator is broken, try the steps"


1000's More Alcoholics Anonymous Tees, shirts, jackets, hats, and more. 12 step recovery apparel as well. View More Alcoholics Anonymous, Recovery, and 12 Step T-Shirts


I would love to receive some comments and advice from long lasting Alcoholics Anonymous members. I can't seem to keep with the program, and each time I fall of the wagon (which is frequently) I get the same results. (I guess I just gave my self some good advice........I keep getting the same messy results every time I fall off the wagon!)

Friday, October 31, 2008

My Drunken Mind

First and foremost, I am a 35 year old alcoholic that battles the demons of alcohol every day of my life. I am not a recovering alcoholic. I am a practicing alcoholic that still drinks around 5 days a week. I am writing this blog for several reasons. One reason is to provide myself an outlet to release a lot of emotions that the addiction of alcohol unleashes upon my soul. My hope is that I can gain a greater understanding of "why I do the things I do", and gain a greater perspective on this mind/body/soul altering disease.

Secondly, I believe that I can offer the internet world a different take on the traditional alcoholics website. I don't have any happy endings or self proclamations that will give an alcoholic some inspirational words of wisdom that will somehow take away the battles that lie within each individual. I want to provide a place for someone to go to when they just want to relate with another alcoholic. Someone who won't tell you how to "fix you", or someone who won't judge you for some of the decisions that you have made in your life. I have made so many poor, alcohol induced decisions throughout the years, to screw up the lives of an entire community of otherwise healthy individuals! Lol.. (sometimes you just have to laugh to yourself to keep from crying!).

This blog is not solely for alcoholics that are still drinking. It is for everybody out there that doesn't understand, or can quite wrap their mind around, how an alcoholic's mind works. The answer is you CAN'T understand, without stepping inside the hazy mind and warped reasoning of an alcoholic. Many of you have wives, husbands, children, parents, and friends who you deeply care about but can't seem to reach while they live life through a boozy haze. Well, you need to know what exactly it is that they are going through. This blog is for all of you as well!

This will also be an outlet for the recovering alcoholic that is wavering on falling off the wagon. From my short bouts of "alcohol abstinence" throughout my 20 years of drinking, it becomes very easy to remember all of the good times, and kind of let the downfalls of the disease to not seem quite as significant as once remembered.

Alcoholism doesn't just bring us nightmares and heartache. It also brings moments of absolute bliss. Lets not kid ourselves about this. Any alcoholic can bring up a thousand stories that can bring us all a laugh, and 1000 more that would make you question why anybody would put themselves (and others) through so much pain. Alcoholism is a roller coaster that I continue to ride everyday. So step on board and come along for the chaotic ride. I have no idea when the ride ends, or if it will just continue in an endless loop heading nowhere.

I have enough to say to last a lifetime, but I also know that you all have busy lives and can't afford to spend hours reading the life of some alcoholic in one day. I'll try to keep the blog articles short enough for you to read with your morning coffee or as you unwind after a hard days work.

An alcoholics mind is very complex. We are often looked down upon, but many of us think and feel so deeply that just making a clear and concise decision isn't quite as easy as others may think. Just remember that the alcoholism rate of famous writers and artists surpasses the alcoholism rates of any other occupation. Just reading about the crazy antics that some of the literary greats in history have done in their lives, just kind of soothes my mind in knowing that just because I am an alcoholic doesn't mean that I'm not a "super-something" underneath.

Time will tell what lies ahead. I have a lot to say, and hope you and others out there may benefit from it in some small way. I'll stop posting for now. Stay tuned. We are just opening the crazy book of alcoholism and haven't even reached chapter one yet!

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