tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-988962265617663341.post313511436435616605..comments2023-11-05T03:47:33.710-05:00Comments on Arcane Matters: In Defense, Yes, In Defense of Charlie Sheen (a little...)Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01233972102418274980noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-988962265617663341.post-57638397964584355422011-03-09T15:40:11.470-05:002011-03-09T15:40:11.470-05:00I came upon your blog randomly, feeling crazy and ...I came upon your blog randomly, feeling crazy and needing to read about other lesbian couples raising twins. And I read this post. My partner is reaching her 6th? year of sobriety this month, and she did it all by her own self too. What you said about AA is how she feels about it and pretty much how I feel about Alanon. Beautiful blog. And thanks. Bess @connotationdenotation.blogspot.comBesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00642844800713196459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-988962265617663341.post-21543028313166497692011-03-05T23:06:06.644-05:002011-03-05T23:06:06.644-05:00I agree. My best friend has been sober for 20 year...I agree. My best friend has been sober for 20 years without AA. That said, her mother, father and siblings are all AA followers. AA works for most, but certainly not all.<br />And I have to admit to not believing that Charlie is totally bonkers. A tad manic maybe, but just because he likes having more than one domestic partner does not make him a bad parent.As we all know families and parenting are made up of many different structures. It wasn't too long ago that people ignorantly believed that a family had to = mom+dad+2.3 kids....just saying.judyhttp://ranrunrunning.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-988962265617663341.post-9291406700185723232011-03-04T06:13:07.390-05:002011-03-04T06:13:07.390-05:00So many things I want to comment... only enough ti...So many things I want to comment... only enough time to say that I want to comment. In agreement with you. Obviously. <br /><br />Monday? YeS?psapph0https://www.blogger.com/profile/06484775921386317369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-988962265617663341.post-7016650588272097162011-03-03T16:14:46.227-05:002011-03-03T16:14:46.227-05:00I have serious reservations about AA because (depe...I have serious reservations about AA because (depending on the individual group) it can function like a cult. However, it's a *useful* cult for many people. And saving lives is probably better than the harm that comes from the horrors of mind control techniques like loaded language, demand for purity, sacred science, etc.<br /><br />I'm totally with you that finding another method to sobriety is pretty cool. (Unfortunately, Sheen is clearly psychotic right now and likely won't succeed at self-treatment.) It's strange to me that although there are a few addiction treatment philosophies out there that don't use the 12-steps, (Passages Malibu, for one) but you don't hear much about them.eeny meenyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07946856462857038792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-988962265617663341.post-5640181137643141082011-03-03T10:24:21.777-05:002011-03-03T10:24:21.777-05:00Addiction is a terrible ordeal, and destroys lives...Addiction is a terrible ordeal, and destroys lives... but it can be overcome- and you did do it basically on your own, and that is amazing! But in CS's case, it's not just booze, it's also drugs, and probably some sort of personality disorder or imbalance- and getting clean by himself isn't likely (just look at his history). I do feel bad for him, but worse for the kids, and the the family members that genuinely care for him... it's going to be a long road.Hopenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-988962265617663341.post-45672639092744653342011-03-02T23:17:54.326-05:002011-03-02T23:17:54.326-05:00I feel bad for anyone dealing with these kinds of ...I feel bad for anyone dealing with these kinds of addictive disorders. Whatever they may be. <br />I hope that he's able to pull through however he does it. Alone or with 2 ladies helping him through it.<br /><br />I don't watch any of it...and if I'm lucky can catch up on some of it in some random star splashed magazine through the chit chat whildst getting my hair cut. :) Sad right.<br /><br />My older brother was 2 years sober. "was" He fell off in October and has been on and off since. <br />I applaude those that can, those that try, and those that keep trying.K J and the kidshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11768311213861195548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-988962265617663341.post-33099246401387238442011-03-02T22:54:04.574-05:002011-03-02T22:54:04.574-05:00Yeh he's doing it at home on his own with the ...Yeh he's doing it at home on his own with the "Goddesses".[ MISOGYNIST }Blech! All the while exposing his two very young kids to his attempts at being that old wrinkled washed up ego whore at Playboy reincarnated.Who thinks that cesspool he calls a home is okay to raise kids in?<br /><br />I'm with Gayle King it's one thing for him and his last wife to throw away their lives, but to drag two innocent kids down that black hole with you? Neither he nor his divorcing/in rehab wife should have custody of those kids.<br /><br />Where the hell are the grandparents on either side? Who will speak for the kids? Thank goodness their mother at least had some scraps of clear thought to get a court order to take them out of there yesterday and get a restraining order on him. Hope the Goddesses are included in it.<br /><br />Poo on him!GIsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17751318815852610677noreply@blogger.com