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Eight Years Clean!
Today, I celebrate eight years clean & sober. I post this not to pat myself on the back, but to merely demonstrate to others that if I can do it, they can do it too. Prison, overdoses, stabbings, gunshots, homelessness, … Continue reading
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Just A Quick Hello!
Since I haven’t posted in quite some time, I decided to let you all know that I am fine, and even though not active here on my blog due to focusing on some personal issues, am still clean myself, and … Continue reading
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Seven Years Clean & Counting!
Today I celebrate seven years clean and sober! However, to be perfectly honest, I really do not feel like it should be a celebration of any sort. Rather, I have always contended that I should always be free from alcohol … Continue reading
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Enjoy Your Life All Year Round!
Today is the last full day of the summer of 2014, and, as fate would have it, is a glorious sunny one here in Brooklyn, New York. I had a very enjoyable summer myself, and hope you did too. The … Continue reading
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Six & A Half Years Clean!
It seems like only yesterday I was celebrating two years free from alcohol and drugs, since time goes by so quickly for me when I am clean and sober! I woke up this morning with six and a half years … Continue reading
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Tagged abstaining, addiction, alcohol, Brooklyn, career, character, clean, Coney Island Hospital, drugs, Gary Goldstein, Health, inspirational, isolating, Jew in Jail, journalism, mind-altering, motivational, New York, recovery, self-esteem, sober, speeches
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Enjoy Yourself In A Responsible Way!
Now that the warmer weather has finally arrived and we all survived such a harsh winter, the tendency is for us as human beings to think we need to hurry up and cram good times into as many days as … Continue reading
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My Blog Interview On IV League
Author Interview: Gary Goldstein By Keri B. In June of 1998, Gary Goldstein was arrested after robbing a series of dry cleaners to pay back bookies and feed his addiction. After serving 6 years in the New York State Department … Continue reading
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Jew in Jail: How It All Began!
Hello everyone. I wanted to post the first chapter of my book, “Jew in Jail,” again, for anyone who hasn’t read it yet to learn what it was like for me – addicted to alcohol, drugs and gambling at the … Continue reading
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Recovery Is Freedom!
My name is Gary Goldstein, author of “Jew in Jail,” as well as blogger, and motivational & inspirational speaker. More importantly, however, is the fact that I am an addict in long-term recovery, approaching six years and four months clean. … Continue reading
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