Comments on: Episode 11 Unconditional DOG

By: DarylfromCali

DarylfromCali — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 17:11:00 +0000

I’m new to this site, not to recovery however. Thanks for the time and effort you have devoted to this new project “Bruce”… keep sharing the gift and expressing hope to those who are still struggling. I LUV Recovery! One small suggestion if I may… a slightly shorter format would have held my attention better, perhaps a 1/2 hour would have made it easier to sit through the whole podcast. Often I do not have a full hour to devote and I would hate to miss something valuable towards my continued recovery.

Daryl.
CD: 5/28/93

By: seagull.girl

seagull.girl — Fri, 30 May 2008 18:49:57 +0000

Thanks for the picture of your puppy! He’s so cute…

First of all, I’m listening through all the episodes and happen to be up to this one. And, thank you for doing this.

It helps me to hear someone else (a very articulate someone else) who is working through addiction issues. You sound like a younger tech-savvy version of my husband. (Which is fascinating.) Thanks for sharing so bravely!

By: megan

megan — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 20:05:59 +0000

I love your podcasts Bruce and really appreciate that you do them! I just got a dog too and he’s the best thing thats happened to me in recovery so far. The unconditional love is great, but so is the responsibility for another life. I could barely take care of myself before i got sober and now i take care of both of us! Sure, sometimes he gets on my nerves and vice versa but dogs forgive and forget. And when i look into his puppy eyes, i can’t stay mad either. If any of you readers can get a dog, i highly recommend it. Mine has changed my life!

By: Rich S

Rich S — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 19:50:19 +0000

I am new to recovery and new to your podcast. I just wanted to say thank you. I work from home and have listened to about 3 podcasts so far. I get alot of “Big Book” at my meetings and from my sponsor (both of which have saved my life) but its nice to hear someone elses take on some on these issues. I take my recovery very serouisly but I also believe we need to laugh and smile, we need to be happy. And you have made me laugh outloud, I’ve also said outloud what the !@*&?. Keep up the good work.

PS. I like the way you talk, you sound like me.

By: Tori

Tori — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 01:59:34 +0000

bruce-ski,
will you do a podcast on “character defects”?? i seem to have those who like to point mine out. are there rules as to when each of us discover ours? is it appropriate for someone to take our inventory? is it “13 stepping”? i heard in one of your casts about what you think about there being no 13th step.
how can anyone date a normie after going thru such a rigorous recovery? normies don’t seem to understand!
believe me, i’ve fallen victim to major judgement. in time i have to realize it is “on them” but it’s hard to not care what other’s think.
being a newcomer, it’s very disheartening to be told what my defects are as i am so focused on correcting behavior which may be keeping me from just finding out who i am……….
if you have any feedback, i’d love to read it!!!!

By: brad

brad — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 20:45:21 +0000

i loved the episode about unconditional love
believe it or not, but after lstening to the episode and sleeping on it over night
i got a dog!
jack russel female about a year old
i would love to send you all a photo…
thanks for your service bruce
you are helping this alcohilic in germany stay sober!
love to all
odat!
brad 01 dec 01

By: glenn

glenn — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 01:01:02 +0000

“I remember how I would walk them all over and soon as I got them back in they would pee on the floor. enjoy.”
didn’t mean that sarcastically, I am envious. I would love to have a new puppy.
I have been thinking of the topic and I am reminded of all the time my friends in recovery told me they loved me. And when I stopped going to meetings they seemed to stop loving me. so their love was on the condition that i continued to be a part of AA. I can understand though.
one thing i liked was meeting people who in my opinion recovered from this disease. they had no fear of any drugs or alchol. they knew as long as they didn’t make that decision to take that drink or drug they had nothing to fear from them. it was just a thing to them and they were so secure in their sobriety that being around alcohol dosn’t bother them one bit.
thanks for the shoutout too. I appreciate it. yeah
glenn

By: glenn

glenn — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 15:20:20 +0000

Congratulations on the new puppy. I wonder now if I had thought of getting a pet to try to help me before I relapsed but they are so much work and can be so costly if they get sick. But the way things are picking up a puppy would have been a lot better than all the drugs I’ve been picking up. We had 3 dachshunds during my youth and they are cute as hell, and funny. They were very hard to house break though. The best we did was paper train them. I remember how I would walk them all over and soon as I got them back in they would pee on the floor. enjoy.
Im not sure what is going on with me. I pretty much stopped drinking, still smoke as much crack as I can each day. i ran out of weed 5 days ago, scraped my bong to within an inch of its life and thats all gone. usually I would be in panic mode cause I was really dependent on the weed just to feel normal. I am not caring really. I want it but im tired of the bs. i was smoking so much, I got high but not like I did when I started back up. I’m broke, just trying to get my hands on whatever money I can so I can get 10-20-30 bucks worth of crack when I get done work. Im so much in debt. im ruining my life. funny, falling into deep depression seems almost like a good thing, which it is not. at least when im not working I’d just sleep but im not remember how dark and hopeless things are when im like that and its not good the way I ruminate on thoughts of destroying myself with a handgun.
Thanks for your service. though not many people post here i am sure you are helping people.

By: glenn

glenn — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 20:05:31 +0000

cool, just got the email notice of new show. will enjoy listening after work.