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Breathalyzer Accuracy & DUI Prevention: What You Need to Know guest post by: Michael Pines In the United States, DUIs are one of the leading causes of car accidents, killing nearly 33,000 people each year according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Although the number of drunken driving accidents has reduced over the years, [...]

Africa Alcoholics Anonymous in Africa I received a call tonight from a man in Chicago who wanted to help with the project of donating AA BOOKS, BIG BOOKS, 12 TRADITIONS, ETC … to Africa AA Groups. He offered me some great ideas and support with this project. An AA Group in Uganda and an AA [...]

Drunk Driving Death and Forgiveness I am not sure many words are needed. This tragedy happens on America’s roads and highways everyday. It could have happened to me, when I was an actively drinking alcoholic. By the Gracce of God I was lucky and never hurt another human being while being behind the wheel of [...]

Six New AA Big Books Donated Must Read !! I just Received SIX Brand New AA Big Book to donate to the groups in Africa trying to get their AA programs going. One is in Uganda and one is in Kenya. They have both contacted AlcoholicShare.org in the past couple months. Well, today I received [...]

Millions of Hangovers from Alcoholic Drinking Today there are millions of Hangovers all over the world from Alcoholic Binge Drinking Last Night was New Years Eve! Are you glad you are not one of those people who have been dealing with a crippling hangover all day? Maybe a year or two or three ago – [...]

How to Stay Sober on New Years Eve I have a SIMPLE CONCEPT for you TODAY HOW to Stay SOBER on NEW YEARS EVE !! Don’t Drink Go to a Meeting Call Your Sponsor Hang-out with your Sponsor Spend the Evening with SOBER Friends Think About your Sober time Think about all the Pain you [...]

Sunday Beer Booze and NFL Football I love to watch football. – Not every game, but this is the last Sunday of the NFL regular season. So I am tuned in ……… But as a Recovering Alcoholic, I am subjected to endless commercials for; BUD LIGHT BEER COORS BEER MILLER LITE BEER The list goes [...]

The Fucked Up Life of an Alcoholic Okay, okay, so the title sucks. I have not slept in 24 hours so I am dazing my way through the dream-state we call awake and maybe thinking clearly. Agree with me or Dis-Agree with me – I don’t care. I am only going to tell it like [...]

Words from a Fellow Alcoholic in Recovery AlcoholFreeMe Hi friends, A very warm welcome to AlcoholFreeMe, a website created to encourage discussion about the disease of alcoholism and the impact it has on friends and families of alcoholics. I am an alcoholic and have struggled for 20 years with an addiction to alcohol and other [...]

Alcoholics Anonymous in Nairobi Africa An Alcoholics Anonymous Group in Nairobi, Kenya developed by Charles Ndeti, (you can find him on Twitter,) is in need of AA literature, AA Big Books and other AA Books. If you are an Alcoholics Anonymous Group or simply an alcoholic in recovery and want to help Mr Stanley get [...]

Dallas Cowboys NFL Player Kills Teammate in Drunk Driving Accident Police charged Dallas Cowboys defensive lineman Josh Brent with intoxication manslaughter Saturday after he flipped his car in a pre-dawn accident that killed teammate Jerry Brown. Irving police spokesman John Argumaniz said the accident happened about 2:20 a.m. Saturday in the Dallas suburb, hours before [...]

The Twelve Steps to Freedom from Alcohol Addiction The Twelve Steps originated with Alcoholics Anonymous in the mid 1930′s.  Besides being used to help alcoholics and drug addicts, the Twelve Steps have been used in support groups for family members, over-eaters, compulsive gamblers, and even for those desiring to escape from sexual addiction. These Steps [...]

Celebratory High Risk Drinking Heads Up. Risky Event! Greetings Parents & Family Members of First Year Students, At the close of each semester we often see an increase in high-risk drinking as students celebrate the end of the term. For instance, over the last eight years, the Naked Bike Ride (NBR) has taken place at [...]

My First Month in AA The rooms of Alcoholics Anonymous appeared to me to be filled with sixty year old men with crusty old faces that showed every drink they had ever drunk. Men dissatisfied with their lives sat there night after night spewing AA bullshit non-stop. They were known as the ‘old-timers, ‘especially the [...]

The Demon Alcohol I face the Demon. And the Demon is inside me, all around me, sitting right behind me, tapping on my shoulder. In my mind, the Demon is forever echoing his chant. I just assume the demon is male in persona. Maybe the demon is female. Maybe the demon seduced me from the [...]

Alcoholic Support Group on Twitter Help me stay sober on TWITTER. I will help you stay sober on TWITTER. Just use the Hashtag #ashare and help yourself and other alcoholics in the global community stay sober on TWITTER. Let other alcoholics know your struggle, feelings, thoughts, philosophy, – just that you are sober today and [...]

NFL Sunday is a big drinking day for any Alcoholic. Watching the games on TV at home or in your favorite sports bar, an Alcoholic can drink the hang-over away from Saturday night and it is okay, considered normal behavior. The games have just started as I write this post and I am waiting for [...]

Alcoholics Anonymous in Uganda Africa A new and budding Alcoholics Anonymous Group headed by Mr. Cyrus Stanley, in Uganda, (you can find him on Facebook,) is in need of AA literature, AA Big Books and other AA Books. If you are an Alcoholics Anonymous Group or simply an alcoholic in recovery and want to help [...]

Non-Profit Approved State of Connecticut After One year of paper-work, professional assistance and advice, fees, upon fees, today the State of Connecticut approved AlcoholicShare, Inc. to be a non-profit Official Charitable Organization. Really quite exciting for me as I have been working on this for so long and have large plans to be able to [...]

What AlcoholicShare, Inc. is all about … I posted a letter I received from a man by the name of Steve Campbell on the blog a week ago and have received two comments from readers who state basically I have no idea what I am talking – writing about. I think being in recovery from [...]