{"id":20,"date":"2009-09-02T16:55:00","date_gmt":"2009-09-02T16:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sobriety.ca\/blog2\/?p=20"},"modified":"2009-09-02T16:55:00","modified_gmt":"2009-09-02T16:55:00","slug":"excerpt-from-my-name-is-roger-and-im-an-alcoholic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sobriety.ca\/blog\/2009\/09\/excerpt-from-my-name-is-roger-and-im-an-alcoholic\/","title":{"rendered":"Excerpt from "My Name is Roger, and I'm an Alcoholic""},"content":{"rendered":"

In keeping with Recovery Month, we would like to share the following excerpt from Roger Ebert’s blog at the Chicago Sun-Times<\/a> “My Name is Roger, and I’m an Alchoholic<\/a>“, originally posted August 25 2009.<\/p>\n

Roger writes:<\/p>\n

“One day, after a month of sobriety, I went to see him [his doctor] because I feared I had grown too elated, even giddy, with the realization that I need not drink again. ‘Maybe I’m manic-depressive,’ I told him. ‘Maybe I need lithium.’<\/span><\/p>\n

‘Alcohol is a depressant,’ he told me. ‘When you hold the balloon under the water and suddenly release it, it is eager to pop up quickly.’ I nodded. ‘Yes,’ I said, ‘but I’m too excited. I wake up too early. I’m in constant motion. I’d give anything just to feel a little bored.'”<\/p>\n

This is the reality of new-found sobriety–new-found joy. After years of isolation and depression, the discovery of joy can be overpowering, like a lung-full of cool air after being submerged underwater.<\/p>\n

Revel in these new feelings of happiness. Bask in the light. Celebrate your sobriety, young and old.<\/p>\n

We salute Mr. Ebert for his 30 years of sobriety and thank him for continuing to share his story.<\/p>\n

To read the full journal entry, visit Roger Ebert’s Journal<\/a>.<\/span>
Source: The Chicago Sun-Times<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In keeping with Recovery Month, we would like to share the following excerpt from Roger Ebert’s blog at the Chicago Sun-Times “My Name is Roger, and I’m an Alchoholic“, originally posted August 25 2009. Roger writes: “One day, after a month of sobriety, I went to see him [his doctor] because I feared I had […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alcohol","category-alcohol-addiction"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sobriety.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sobriety.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sobriety.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sobriety.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sobriety.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sobriety.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sobriety.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sobriety.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sobriety.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}