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From the lens My Recovery From Alcoholism.

  • KitandCaboodle Mar 5, 2012 @ 6:18 pm | delete
    I love reading success stories and life changing events. Be blessed.
  • jadehorseshoe Jan 18, 2012 @ 9:31 pm | delete
    Disease Chauvinism is a deadly menace. Dehumanization via stigma-attachment kills people; yet, the evil beat goes on. Good lens.
  • Ladymermaid Jan 16, 2012 @ 3:50 pm | delete
    Nice to see you emerge as the strong force that you are. Blessings and best wishes.
  • hotbrain Nov 5, 2011 @ 10:25 pm | delete
    Your strength and insight is inspiring, and I'm sure it will help other alcoholics and anyone trying to overcome an addiction.
  • andreaberrios Sep 30, 2011 @ 8:34 am | delete
    This is a very inspirational lens!! Thanks for sharing your story with us.
  • MiaBellezza Sep 23, 2011 @ 5:23 am | delete
    Thank you for telling us your compelling story. I'm sure it will help some people.
  • 24websurf Sep 21, 2011 @ 10:43 pm | delete
    Overcoming any dependency is never easy but you have. Your story is inspirational :) ***Blessed***
  • holisticlifesquid Jul 20, 2011 @ 11:01 am | delete
    What a heartfelt lens. Thank you for sharing your story.
  • Toolesque Jun 12, 2011 @ 8:07 pm | delete
    Thank you so much for writing about our affliction! I love these kind of topics and want to see more. I am impressed with your article! Here is my first one about recovery. http://www.squidoo.com/i-have-recovered
  • Ruthi May 23, 2011 @ 6:25 pm | delete
    What a wondrous spirit you surely must be and I'm happy to have met you hear at Squidoo. Thank you for sharing your sobriety.
  • vbright105 May 17, 2011 @ 7:37 pm | delete
    Oh, bless you, Kate. My two parents were alcoholic, two of my sisters are alcoholic, and one (possibly two) of my own kids are alcoholics. Today, I write for a leading rehab center, and I am thankful that I did not become an alcoholic. I admire you for telling your story.
  • jvsper63 Apr 6, 2011 @ 12:30 pm | delete
    Thank you for sharing your story, you are a very brave woman.,not many have the courage to tell their's. I am glad you are on a good path now. Wonderfuly written lens..
  • PaulOnBooks Mar 29, 2011 @ 12:21 pm | delete
    I've ferried a dear friend around AA meetings - sadly to no avail as the health damage from prolonged daily drinking had already been done - so I have just an inkling of the strength you've found - stay strong and sober.
  • Pastiche Mar 26, 2011 @ 8:38 am | delete
    Brave lady, brave lens - bravo on your recovery and for sharing your journey story. Blessed ...
  • EuroSquid Jan 23, 2011 @ 8:56 pm | delete
    Wonderful lens. Blessed
  • Squidoolinepro Jan 16, 2011 @ 9:49 am | delete
    *Blessed*
  • ClassyGals Dec 18, 2010 @ 9:36 am | delete
    Thanks for sharing your story, Kate. I think drinking alcohol was such an acceptable practice back in the day, many from 60s had drug or alcohol problems. Kudos to you for breaking the cycle and facing life sober.
  • Jewelsofawe Dec 17, 2010 @ 12:18 am | delete
    One day at a time... I have not drank since November 13, 2000 a few months before my Dad died. I was only 30. Congrats to you! It is awesome! I love being sober every morning.
  • Margo_Arrowsmith Dec 16, 2010 @ 9:17 am | delete
    Mazel Tov to you and thanks for sharing this.

    BTW, I remember those stockings being very painful
  • Michey Dec 15, 2010 @ 7:04 pm | delete
    Just come back to give Blessing to this lens. Happy Holidays for you
  • javrsmith Dec 12, 2010 @ 8:18 pm | delete
    I wish you even more success and good living. You deserve another blessing. Granted, with pleasure!
  • LizMac60 Dec 11, 2010 @ 7:11 pm | delete
    Thanks for telling your story. Blessed by a squid angel and featured on Me?!! A Squid Angel/
  • ajgodinho Dec 9, 2010 @ 10:45 am | delete
    Wow, this was an inspiring read and you got me quite engrossed in it. Great to see how you've come of it and progressing through your spiritual healing process. Loved to see those old B&W pics. Happy for ya for sure and happy to know a little more about you! **Blessed by a Squid-Angel**
  • darciefrench Dec 9, 2010 @ 10:21 am | delete
    This lens is like a 12 step group online; I love to come here for a shot of unconditional love and support. I've been attending the meetings in the nonlinear for awhile- it is nice to have found the group 'in the flesh'. Glad Ulysses is in good form- he has more work to do! (I can relate to that :) It's amazing how animals will go through things for/with us, so we don't have too- so our experience is that of unbidden love.
  • mukunda22 Dec 9, 2010 @ 5:01 pm | delete
    Thank you, dear Darci--Online AA has been very helpful to me, that's for sure!!
  • darciefrench Dec 8, 2010 @ 10:34 am | delete
    "Modern Day Leprosy"- very good way to put it. Sending you unconditional love. How's our boy today?
  • LouieWrites Dec 5, 2010 @ 12:55 am | delete
    Great lens! Inspiring story! I love it!
  • StephenC Dec 4, 2010 @ 9:34 am | delete
    I have always thought that alcohol gets a pass, and yet, it can be fatal on the first try. Every year, students are killed due to a one time drinking binge. Sad. My neighbor across the street went to a party with his wife. She drank and drove home. Crashed, she was killed. He lost everything. Society has demonized cigarettes. Hmmmmm.
  • stargazer00 Nov 30, 2010 @ 5:05 pm | delete
    Dear Kate, thanks for sharing your story. I'm glad you are living and loving life today!
  • CastleRoy Nov 28, 2010 @ 3:59 am | delete
    Thank you for sharing your story, Congrats on this well deserved Purple Star From a friend of Bill W.
  • Nov 24, 2010 @ 7:34 pm | delete
    it's better to quit at some point of time..
  • OhMe Nov 24, 2010 @ 6:47 am | delete
    Congrats on this well deserved Purple Star
  • Michey Nov 23, 2010 @ 4:05 pm | delete
    Kate, this is not an easy story to tell, and I am glad you tell your story and you take the right choices to enjoy the life, because life is beautiful.
    It is also interesting that you chose to be a nurse, a position in which you help the rest of your life.
    All the best for you, it is a very good lens.
    Regards
    Michey
  • Heather426 Nov 23, 2010 @ 3:44 pm | delete
    Kudos to you for breaking the back of the addiction of alcohol. Somehow I got lucky and dodged that bullit. Congrats on the purple star.
  • darciefrench Nov 17, 2010 @ 1:51 am | delete
    Thank-you for sharing your story of recovery from alcoholism. Angel blessed and will be featured under personal mental health stories. Many blessings and much love. I am a friend of Bill Wilson's by choice- perhaps in a previous lifetime I learned where alcohol leads. There's something to be said for the only place to go from the bottom...
  • mukunda22 Nov 22, 2010 @ 12:38 pm | delete
    Thank you both Darcie and Spook for the Angel Blessing. Supposedly this lens is due to get a purple star in a few days! I think it could use one!
  • Nov 9, 2010 @ 5:27 am | delete
    blessed be in the name of the lord.ü
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  • Spook Nov 8, 2010 @ 5:15 am | delete
    A very brave lens and I'm so glad I read it. Blessed by an Angel, albeit only a Squidoo one.
  • NarrowPathPublishing Oct 21, 2010 @ 6:03 pm | delete
    Thank you for sharing your story. A former boyfriend died of alcohol and drug use in August 2006. Before he died, a lot of things happened due to alcohol use that make me grateful to be alive.
  • nightcats Sep 29, 2010 @ 11:07 pm | delete
    I worked as an addictions counselor for many years. I have nothing but admiration for the wonderful people who achieve sobriety one day at a time. Great lens.
  • mukunda22 Sep 30, 2010 @ 11:13 pm | delete
    Thank you, night cats!! I appreciate your kind words!!
  • skiesgreen Jul 14, 2010 @ 5:24 pm | delete
    Thank you for sharing your pain, your story and your quality. I don't have the gene to allow me to drink alcohol and can't readily imagine why people do it. But your input has shown that we are more the product of peer pressure and the search for 'fun' than most will admit. *-*Blessed*-* and featured on Sprinkled with Stardust and also on I Can't Die Yet
  • pkmcr Dec 29, 2009 @ 8:11 am | delete
    Kate thank you so much for sharing with such brutal honesty the journey you have made. I feel humbled to know a little more of you and my admiration for your courage and determination has increased no end! Blessed by a Squid Angel
  • WeddingZazzle Dec 7, 2009 @ 5:34 pm | delete
    Thank you for sharing.
  • aj2008 Dec 1, 2009 @ 7:21 am | delete
    Thank you for sharing your story with such total honesty Kate . SquidAngel Blessings for you.
  • ChapelHillFiddler Sep 10, 2009 @ 6:24 am | delete
    my mom was an alcoholic, and she died suddently at age 50 after a blood vessel burst in her brain, after several years of blackouts and peripheral neuropathy (she had lost the feeling in her extremities). she made my childhood a hell. I have been a teetotaller all my life because I was afraid I would follow her lead. at 55 I've outlived her by 10% already, and hope to live to see my future grandchildren as she did not. I always feel grateful when I hear about people who have escaped from this curse. Good luck!
  • puzzlemaker Aug 19, 2009 @ 9:12 pm | delete
    I'm moved by your story. Your "Overcoming". I wish I knew the exact difference between those who are able to quit and those who aren't.

    But what most intrigues me is your introduction. Your mention of the "judgement" that keeps you from healing 100% (if I interrpreted it right). Alcoholism and drug abuse are quite easy to point fingers at. There are many other problems people have, that are equally destructive that are never known because they cannot be "seen". So, yes I'd agree alcoholism is judged heavily.

    I can't say how glad I am to read your story of overcoming and I hope that 100% complete healing is yours. Thank you so much for your transparency and story.
  • CleanerLife Jul 17, 2009 @ 6:30 pm | delete
    I don't understand the attraction of drinking so much that you don't remember what is happening, but I am happy to hear of anyone who decided to leave that life style. All the best to you, and I hope you continue to find enjoyment in life without it!
  • mukunda22 Jun 21, 2009 @ 1:18 am | in reply to JulieWoolyWoo | delete
    What kind of choice are you referring to?

    Spiritual recovery is my choice and the choice of many others. Naturally whatever you choose--is your choice!!

    Good luck!
  • JulieWoolyWoo Jun 20, 2009 @ 10:18 am | in reply to mukunda22 | delete
    I don't agree with you, why? Spirtual Healing is just a front for you. An alcoholic is an alcoholic, there are no excuses, no justifications, you are what you are.

    ANY ALCOHOLIC HAS A CHOICE!!! ANY ALCOHOLIC WORTH SAVING WILL MAKE THAT CHOICE. Julie xxx
  • monarch13 Jun 19, 2009 @ 4:53 pm | delete
    You are a brave woman. Thanks for your honesty and insight into this important topic.
  • AntionetteTate Jun 19, 2009 @ 11:14 am | delete
    Hi Kate. Thanks for sharing your story and I thank God for New Beginnings! I was born in the late 60's and i am the product of the flower child era. I too thank God for allowing me to recover from my addictions and for being able to spend this part of my life in joy and peace
    5stars,lens roll, fav
  • mukunda22 Jun 18, 2009 @ 9:49 pm | delete
    Thank you all for your kind comments!! Alcoholism effects us all, with negative consequences, unless everyone involves goes into recovery!!

    Then it was worth every second!!
  • C-Joy Jun 18, 2009 @ 8:51 pm | delete
    A very thought-provoking lens - thank you for sharing your story!
  • KarateKatGraphics Jun 13, 2009 @ 1:21 pm | delete
    Beautiful, wonderful lens. Thank you so much for sharing your story so generously. 5*****
  • Pmona Jun 13, 2009 @ 12:05 am | delete
    Wow! This lens kept me intrigued. 5*
  • mukunda22 Jun 12, 2009 @ 3:05 pm | in reply to ChineseKitesforKids | delete
    I thank you for your compliment! I feel humbled by it!!
  • ChineseKitesforKids Jun 12, 2009 @ 10:47 am | delete
    Wow! I have goosebumps from this lens. This is why your one of my favorites on Squidoo. You're real. A real person with strength. You're lens made me tear up so much that I can hardly type this comment here. I've seen the effects of alcoholism in my family and I cant tell you how proud I am of your for pulling yourself up. May God continue to bless YOU! **5**
  • BlissNow Jun 11, 2009 @ 12:59 am | delete
    I watched a very sobering movie last weekend called 'Factory Girl', about an heiress who got caught up in the allure of the sixties party scene, it ended sadly. I'm so glad to hear your story continues Kate, it is one of triumph and humility, thank you for sharing it.
  • BevsPaper Jun 10, 2009 @ 11:26 pm | delete
    You are such a beautiful person!
  • mysticmama Jun 10, 2009 @ 11:41 am | delete
    wonderful lens, thank you so much for sharing your story :-)
  • stargazer00 Jun 9, 2009 @ 11:33 pm | delete
    Thanks for sharing your story. I would agree with you that the sixties were not really the good old days. We still haven't picked up all the pieces.
  • clouda9 Jun 9, 2009 @ 11:04 pm | delete
    Thank you for telling your story to all of us, I feel confident that your telling is going to help so many people. May peace be with you always!
  • mukunda22 Jun 9, 2009 @ 10:30 pm | in reply to lwhitelaw | delete
    Maybe I will send him this lens link--see if he responds!!

    Thanks, Laura!!
  • lwhitelaw Jun 9, 2009 @ 10:18 pm | delete
    Great story and great lens Kate - love your fishnets. That's so cool that Captain Kirk was the messenger in convincing you it was time to get sober - have you ever writtent to him to tell him? I bet he would be touched to know that his tragedy helped someone and perhaps many, many others.
  • EverythingMouse Jun 9, 2009 @ 9:26 pm | delete
    This is such a personal, beautifully written lens. Angel Blessings to you!
  • bdkz Jun 9, 2009 @ 9:00 pm | delete
    Thank you for sharing. Your pictures are amazing. I would love to here more about the 60's! You are a great storyteller.
  • Treasures-By-Brenda Jun 9, 2009 @ 7:34 pm | delete
    Kate, you've done a beautiful job of sharing your story.
    Those pictures are a real piece of history!
    Blessed by a SquidAngel.
    Brenda
  • seashell2 Jun 9, 2009 @ 4:08 pm | delete
    Wonderful winning story! Blessings to you! Great lens!
  • sandyspider Jun 9, 2009 @ 1:00 pm | delete
    Congratulations on your sobriety! Thanks for sharing your story. You are one courageous woman.
  • Joan4 Jun 9, 2009 @ 12:29 pm | delete
    Absolutely beautiful victorious story! I loved the pictures too, esp those fishnet hose! :) What a story you have to share! Thank you! Blessed by a joyful angel with pride and thanksgiving for our friendship!
  • mukunda22 Jun 9, 2009 @ 10:55 am | in reply to enslavedbyfaeries | delete
    Thank you for your kind remarks! and for the Twitter RT!! Lol!! I figure it's worth it to tell a story like this because more than one of us needs to hear it.

    Thanks again!!!
  • enslavedbyfaeries Jun 9, 2009 @ 10:36 am | delete
    This is one of the most genuine and moving stories I've read on Squidoo. Thanks so much for sharing your story and congratulations on your sobriety!

    P.S.
    Those photos are wicked cool! Love the fishnets. :)

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