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May
“Chalk Talk on Alcohol” by Father Joseph C. Martin
Chalk Talk on Alcohol is a three part discussion of the nations’ number one public health problem, alcoholism.
Father Martin discusses things we drink and why we drink them. Alcohol is a sedative drug and is addictive. Alcoholism is an addiction to that drug.
Duration : 0:1:26
Tags: AA, Alcoholism, ChalkTalkonAlcohol, FatherMartinl
May 11th, 2009 at 9:30 pm
Not for f-ups like …
Not for f-ups like me………
May 11th, 2009 at 9:30 pm
its perfectly …
its perfectly feasible to drink a lot, and live a perfectly normal life.
May 11th, 2009 at 9:30 pm
now, i get drunk …
now, i get drunk everynight ,,,,for the last 26 years ,,,i only drink about a six pack at night and a shot or two but every night and i dont have any problems yet whats so ever..
May 11th, 2009 at 9:30 pm
The dogmatic cult …
The dogmatic cult of AA turns sobriety into slavery to AA. AA is a hostile, fundamentalist cult religion.
May 11th, 2009 at 9:30 pm
R.I.P. Father …
R.I.P. Father Martin, see you on the other side….
May 11th, 2009 at 9:30 pm
Sadly I just got an …
Sadly I just got an e-mail tha Father Martin passed away. God bless him keep him closed to him He did an amazing work here on earth. Thanks Father for changing my life.
May 11th, 2009 at 9:30 pm
35 years ago I …
35 years ago I heard this talk..My life today…sailing my boat around the world..play my guitar for fun and a chick magnet in port..I don’t drink or drug, and believe in God..See my profile of a happy sober dude.
May 11th, 2009 at 9:30 pm
“You are a sad, …
“You are a sad, strange, little man, and you have my pity.”
May 11th, 2009 at 9:30 pm
“You are a sad, …
“You are a sad, strange, little man, and you have my pity.”
May 11th, 2009 at 9:30 pm
“You are a sad, …
“You are a sad, strange, little man, and you have my pity.”
May 11th, 2009 at 9:30 pm
“You are a sad, …
“You are a sad, strange, little man, and you have my pity.”
May 11th, 2009 at 9:30 pm
no
not if you were …
no
not if you were constantly brainwashed and told to give up your will. instead of learning that you are a normal person, who made some bad choices, most folks are brainwashed that they have a “MALADY OF THE SPIRIT” and are an alcoholic for life. if you keep drilling this into a person at a low point in their life, it may work!
now brother falsie, what are you going to do about your child molesting tendencies?
May 11th, 2009 at 9:30 pm
3. A was so insane …
3. A was so insane that a decided to turn my will and my life and my decisions of my life over to an invisible deity, or my toaster, or the wind. Other times a let a group of strangers with serious mental health issues be my “higher power”
May 11th, 2009 at 9:30 pm
This man changed my …
This man changed my life.
May 11th, 2009 at 9:30 pm
father martin is a …
father martin is a wonderful man im goin on year sober thx to his rehab and teachings.
May 11th, 2009 at 9:30 pm
I guess that I …
I guess that I didn’t understand your initial comments. I took it as you speaking negatively about the program being “an organization of learned helplessness” as opposed to a positive spiritual movement that has saved many lives. Also that we simply need to make better decisions rather than find a spiritual solution. Either way, thank you for sharing your experience, strength and hope. I wish you all the best in your sobriety and your life.
May 11th, 2009 at 9:30 pm
When I stopped …
When I stopped drinking, I was just as much an alcoholic as the next person. I lost my job and my apartment due to drinking and landed in detox. Those who admitted me to rehab lost no time diagnosing me as such. I am only sharing my experiences strengths & hopes as one alcoholic to another.
May 11th, 2009 at 9:30 pm
I’ve been through 2 …
I’ve been through 2 rehabs, hundreds of AA meetings, and I have read the Big Book. What he says about being defensless over the first drink is directly from the Big Book. The slogan about being closer to your next relapse is a very familiar one that I have heard countless times. He is not merely giving his own opinion. He is repeating what he has heard and read. I am sharing my own experiences. I’m not repeating what I’ve heard others say.
May 11th, 2009 at 9:30 pm
As far as Father …
As far as Father Martin is concerned; First, we have no spokespeople or governors. Everything Father Martin says is his opinion, based on his experience, strength, and hope. Second, if you would like a better explanation, buy a copy of The Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous. Read the first 164 pages.
Without first having cancer and/or understanding the specifics of the disease, I cannot comment or criticize how patients should undergo treatment or describe their disease. I’d let it go . . .
May 11th, 2009 at 9:30 pm
prschuster, Thanks …
prschuster, Thanks for your comments. I’m guessing you’re not an alcoholic. If you were, you might have a different take on it. Don’t you think that if we simply needed to acquire more healthy habits, we would do so after the first blackout, arrest, or other alcohol-related problem. True alcoholics lose their ability to make decisions about their life. The problem isn’t alcohol. The problem is, look out, one of having a spiritual malady. The only way I knew to handle that was to drink.
May 11th, 2009 at 9:30 pm
So Father Martin …
So Father Martin says that the “further away an alcoholic is from his last drink, the closer he is to his next drink…”. This is one of the most inexcusable phrases to have ever come out of the recovery movement. Telling someone that they no longer have the ability or intestinal fortitude to make moral decisions about their behavior is an excellent way to give alcoholics a perfect excuse to drink themselves to death. This makes AA an organization of learned helplessness – NOT a support group.
May 11th, 2009 at 9:30 pm
The phrase: ” …
The phrase: “Alcoholics drink because they are alcoholics” is a tautology, not an explanation for alcoholism. Alcoholism is a compulsive habit unwittingly acquired out of choice by making bad decisions in life. Everyone is prone to making bad decisions and everyone can learn to turn their lives around by acquiring more healthy habits.
May 11th, 2009 at 9:30 pm
how true
how true
May 11th, 2009 at 9:30 pm
Father Martin is …
Father Martin is Awesome
May 11th, 2009 at 9:30 pm
Like the old saying …
Like the old saying, one is too may, a thousand are not enough!