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Personal Perspectives – 1st Person Stories

TLAP has learned that the recovery process from any illness seems to require the process of story reconstruction and story telling.  By telling one’s story of illness and recovery, a person may gain catharsis, insight, positive reframing of events, and ultimately an anchor for present and continued recovery.

TLAP also believes that these personal stories are an education for all who read them, whether you identify personally with the story being told or whether you recognize the story of someone you love.

Hope is alive in these stories. Read on!

The Appearance of Propriety

A Hard Charging, Hard Drinking Lawyer

A Message of Hope

A Progressive Disease

A Woman’s Story

The Story of the Airborne Stapler: Every Alcoholic Lawyer Is Somebody’s Boss

Alcoholic? NO! My Memorial Wall Says Otherwise

As I Lay Dying

Breaking the Cycle

Bucky's Backyard, Quarter Beer Machines, and Other Forms of Perdition

Coming to in Law School

…And the Damage Done

Dealing with Depression: How I Got Out of the Black Hole

I Am a Trial Attorney Because I Am an Alcoholic

I Didn’t Want to Be My Father’s Daughter

I Knew I Was a Drunk But I Was Not Ready to Quit

I Was the Tenth Person

An Indoctrination into the Drinking Life

From Joker to Justice

A Liar and a Cheat

A Light Beyond the Darkness

Living Up to Legends

The Long and Winding Road

Me? An Addict?

My Definition of an Alcoholic? Not Me!

No One is Beyond Help

Out of the Fog

Partners in Alcoholism. If He's the Drunk, Why Do I Feel Crazy?

There May Be a Reason Life Seems So Rough....

The Solution Became the Problem

Too Young Not to Quit!

Two Sides to Every Story

What Happened? How Did I Get Here?