Seven Days of Sobriety

Seven days of sobriety!!!

I've had some rough moments, but I'm feeling good. The roughest were the first three days that I spent in the drunk tank. They gave me librium to calm me down and help me with withdrawal. Some crazy guy there kept me awake all night yelling and swearing.

Then on Thursday I moved to the in-patient ward. Here I have my own room. It's the first time in many years that I've three square meal a day for a whole week!! And I've put on some weight. I had gotten real skinny.

They also put me on the patch when I came in so I haven't smoked either for the last seven days. I thought that would be pretty hard. But it's not too bad.

Part of rehab process is to take away all the distractions so you can focus on getting sober. I can call out but no one can call in. I don't have my cell phone or my laptop, so my friend Paul is taking dictation and writing this up. We are going to try to set up an audio blog.

Thanks to all of you for sending me your encouragement and advice. Paul has been passing them on to me. You can e-mail me at rod@rodbarryworld.com or send me old fashioned mail to Rod Barry, Brooklyn Malone Media, 332 Bleecker Street, #K27, New York, NY 10014.

xxoo
Rod