tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139696084392272622.post2299526311377855492..comments2024-03-27T13:48:27.538+00:00Comments on HyperCRYPTICal: DenialhyperCRYPTICalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11967085628384237933noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139696084392272622.post-42120537737041820682011-05-23T08:29:32.276+01:002011-05-23T08:29:32.276+01:00Thank you for your kind comments folks and sharing...Thank you for your kind comments folks and sharing your histories.<br /><br />My addictions - this computer I think and also since a cough in January - cherry Soothers!<br /><br />Anna :o]hyperCRYPTICalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11967085628384237933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139696084392272622.post-58377646188268572322011-05-22T08:12:35.249+01:002011-05-22T08:12:35.249+01:00A beautifully honest depiction!A beautifully honest depiction!Madeleine Begun Kanehttp://www.madkane.com/humor_blog/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139696084392272622.post-24874977656580502462011-05-22T00:29:18.418+01:002011-05-22T00:29:18.418+01:00Lived with it for years. Then got a divorce when I...Lived with it for years. Then got a divorce when I saw my children begin to follow in their father's footsteps. Example is good, acting on the "absolutely no more", is even better. Thank you for the reality check,<br /><br />ElizabethElizabethhttp://soulsmusic.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139696084392272622.post-35460095118304053562011-05-21T22:52:09.470+01:002011-05-21T22:52:09.470+01:00You are so good at this, Anna. Admitting addiction...You are so good at this, Anna. Admitting addiction is three quarters of the way to doing something about it, but for an addict, that's a very long journey. So many never make it.Frances Garroodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10614916006798375706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139696084392272622.post-15792492453428050782011-05-21T10:57:55.476+01:002011-05-21T10:57:55.476+01:00Good, Anna. Frightening.
Addiction is always a li...Good, Anna. Frightening.<br /><br />Addiction is always a life destroyer; there are two kinds with which I personally am very familiar: gambling and prescription drugs, both now in the past.<br /><br />Perhaps I'll try to write about them too, although no poem of mine could compare with yours. It'll have to be prose.Frikohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04277167831642088694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139696084392272622.post-48201384810673253912011-05-21T09:16:57.661+01:002011-05-21T09:16:57.661+01:00Powerful and compelling, I liked this very much in...Powerful and compelling, I liked this very much indeed: no wasted words, no sloppy sentiment, it has the smack of realism.Dave Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08430484174826768488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139696084392272622.post-83016037210440650722011-05-21T04:25:21.499+01:002011-05-21T04:25:21.499+01:00I'm related to an alcoholic; you really captur...I'm related to an alcoholic; you really captured the essence of the addition. The refusal to admit there is a problem, the allusion of smoke n' mirrors or amber gold liquid or little pills.<br />Addiction comes in many forms, shopping, food, the desire to please, drink, smoke, gamble, and etc. <br />Powerful prose~ Well Done~Ellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06070952447277684613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139696084392272622.post-7217813037140970982011-05-21T02:08:50.875+01:002011-05-21T02:08:50.875+01:00Reeeeked of real. Had me right there, caught up i...Reeeeked of real. Had me right there, caught up in the honesty, ugly or not, of the moment. Great job!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Henry Clemmonshttp://henryclemmonspoet.blogspot.com/2011/05/untitled-think-tank-49.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139696084392272622.post-58468976333533271242011-05-20T22:30:12.187+01:002011-05-20T22:30:12.187+01:00You have told it like it is. I like that quality,...You have told it like it is. I like that quality, and I like your poem!Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07366010389846904663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139696084392272622.post-36325832320031760332011-05-20T21:48:56.996+01:002011-05-20T21:48:56.996+01:00Glad you acknowledged the friends who helped you b...Glad you acknowledged the friends who helped you by sharing their journeys. My mom was alcoholic; I was big into experimenting with drugs in my 20s.<br /><br />Self-medication of any kind is an indicator that there's something bigger going on. I always ask friends who confide their alc/drug stuff with me if they are not only going to meetings, but getting counseling with a licensed therapist. It was through that process that I came to my diagnoses and confronted the "monster under the bed" who was actually the monster ON my bed, my dad.<br /><br />Great post, babe. Amy<br />http://sharplittlepencil.wordpress.com/2011/05/20/render-surrender/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139696084392272622.post-50556669298260617962011-05-20T21:06:38.375+01:002011-05-20T21:06:38.375+01:00You have captured the mindset quite well, Anna.
...You have captured the mindset quite well, Anna.<br /><br /> Sometimes, nothing else can be seen but that next drink.Maggiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00903678715925613725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139696084392272622.post-86774690884251316022011-05-20T19:18:25.915+01:002011-05-20T19:18:25.915+01:00Thought provoking...Thought provoking...Jinksyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01686101468214361004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139696084392272622.post-40472580235371503002011-05-20T16:23:22.246+01:002011-05-20T16:23:22.246+01:00Just how it is. An honest portrayal. Thank you for...Just how it is. An honest portrayal. Thank you for the kind words.ADDYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01018958238940897902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139696084392272622.post-52761930550998587062011-05-20T16:21:21.038+01:002011-05-20T16:21:21.038+01:00I have witnessed this exact denial from someone in...I have witnessed this exact denial from someone in the clutches of substance abuse. You captured it flawlessly.Belindahttp://thehalfwaypoint.net/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139696084392272622.post-20817683246993680002011-05-20T15:29:22.921+01:002011-05-20T15:29:22.921+01:00family is a difficult thing...I felt the anger in ...family is a difficult thing...I felt the anger in this poem, very powerful, and mine has a title too! lol!bttrflyscarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11528604993293399160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139696084392272622.post-18196875802687154192011-05-20T15:28:34.259+01:002011-05-20T15:28:34.259+01:00This comment has been removed by the author.bttrflyscarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11528604993293399160noreply@blogger.com