Mel Gibson and Forgiveness

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AAJuynxnTQ

A friend of mine sent me this. It is worth watching and speaks for itself.

Ted

Mitch Winehouse remembers daughter Amy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeYZorhCQag
Mitch Winehouse remembers daughter Amy

Brief interview with Mitch Winehouse in which he says his daughter was "full of love."

Sorry, Mitch, people are not drug addicts because they are full of love. They are drug addicts because they are full of hate.

Addiction Memoirs

Here are some reviews of a few addiction memoirs:

1) Etta James, "Rage to Survive"

Etta's book is interesting to me since I knew Etta personally. It does give an accurate view of the Synanon Clone program known as the Tarzana Family. However, I don't think Etta ever really got down to the root of her problems.

2) James Frey, " A Million Little Pieces".

I wrote on this one before here Actually, it was a fun read but needs to be viewed as a work of fiction.

3) Brian Morris, "Chased by a Dragon,Caught by the Lamb"

I liked this book Brian takes us from being busted and thru his conversion to Christianity. You
can read a sample chapter here

4) Ted Adamson, "Up From Down"

I was priveledged to read an advance copy of this new book. It is powerful. You can find out
more at this link It is available as a low cost e-book

I will be having more to say about Addiction memoirs in the future

Montana Meth ads

Montana Meth ads decreasing meth use



Well, if you want to know what I think here it is.

It may have an impact on kids who have not yet started using and that would account for lower rates of meth use. I doubt very much that it would much, if any, effect on people who are already using; they will just laugh at the ads.

I would be curious to see how other drug rates have been impacted. I suspect marijuana use etc. is still rampant, and the way addiction works is gradually. People who are into it gradually get deeper into it. They may be smoking dope today but 10 years from now they will be doing coke or heroin or whatever.

You just aren’t going to address the problem as long as you don’t address the root causes. As long as kids have bad parents whom they hate, they are going to need something to escape the pain.

But I am not opposed to the ads, but they aren't really going to solve the problem.

My two cents.

Thomas Jefferson on the Trinity

"Ideas must be distinct before reason can act upon them; and no man ever had a distinct idea of the trinity. It is the mere Abracadabra of the mountebanks calling themselves the priests of Jesus." 1816


Interesting quote from Thomas Jefferson.

Update on a newcomer

Well, I have been posting off and on about a newcomer I am calling "Gabriella".

As I posted before, she was released from the Orange County Jail after doing 30 days on a possession charge. She has very little self control and within 30 days of being released was violated for giving her probation officer a dirty test. She is currently doing 90 days on the violation which means she actually does 60 days.

After doing her 60 days, her probation officer is going to require her to do a 6 month stay at a Salvation Army rehab program.

We will see how it goes. I see something good in this girl but unless she gets away from her "friends" and connections, I am afraid it will be more of the same.

Anyway, unless something changes she is headed for an early grave. She is only 34 years old.

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Another update on Gabriella. She continues to live at the Salvation Army rehab program, and has been there nearly four months. They put her on probation of some sort because of her outbursts of anger. How much it is helping her I cannot say, but the way she was going she would have soon been dead. It remains to be seen if she will stay clean or not.

But the Salvation Army is doing her a service by at least giving her a chance at a start.

Passed away

WEGENER On Friday, July 29, 2011, Edmund T. "Ted" Wegener, Jr. passed away at the age of 64, at his residence in Slidell, La. He was a Board Certified Family Law attorney and practiced law for over 40 years in the New Orleans and St. Tammany Parish Areas at his law office, Oster & Wegener, PLC, and was also a retired Navy CAPT, USNR, JAGC He is survived by his wife, Darlene Wegener, a son from a prior marriage, Jason G. Wegener, and a grandson, Aidan James Wegener and a niece, Catherine Bruning. Preceded in death by a sister, Janet W. Landwehr. Ted will be cremated for the preparation for a formal Naval burial at sea. D.T. Williams Funeral Home of Pearl River, La. in charge of arrangements.

Letters to a Heroin Addict in Jail

The daughter of a friend of mine is back in jail again after a dirty test. I am calling her Gabriella although that is not her real name. She will probably be getting 90 days in jail tommorrow.

I will be writing her some letters soon and will post them here. If they don't help her, maybe they will help someone else.

Amy Winehouse Dead

It's over the news and blogs reporting the death of Amy Winehouse

Huffington Post has an article here:

Amy Winehouse Dead

I never met and don't know a lot about Amy Winehouse except that she died about the same age I stopped using heroin. And ,of course, I know about the song "Rehab". In case you don't here is what Wikipedia has to say about it:

"Rehab" is a song by Amy Winehouse from her second studio album, Back to Black. Written by Winehouse and produced by Mark Ronson, it was released as the album's lead single in the United Kingdom on 23 October 2006. The lyrics are autobiographical, describing a protagonist's drinking habits and refusal to enter rehabilitation clinics.
The song received widespread critical acclaim and enjoyed commercial success in Winehouse's native England and abroad. The tune won the 2007 Ivor Novello Award for Best Contemporary Song. "Rehab" won three Grammy Awards in 2008, including Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance."

When I heard the song rehab, I did not like the glorifying and celebration of what is basically a degenerate life style. I know free speech and all that.

But may I suggest that those awarding grammy's and producing such songs bear some responsibility for her untimely death. And probably the deaths of others too.


The Music Industry has been sick for a long time. The list of songs portraying drug use in a favorable light is lengthy.

May I politely suggest those making royalties off her songs, put some of the profits into helping young people with drug problems.

Wisdom from Jesus

Regardless of your prejudices towards Jesus (most likely formed as a result of those who were bad examples) there is wisdom in his teachings. As Bill Wilson said . " To Christ I conceded the certainty of a great man, not to closely followed by those who claimed him"(BB)




LUKE 7:40-43:

40And Jesus answering said unto him, "Simon, I have something to say unto thee." And he said, "Master, say on."

41"There was a certain creditor that had two debtors. The one owed five hundred pence, and the other fifty.

42And when they had nothing to pay, he freely forgave them both. Tell me therefore, which of them will love him most?"

43Simon answered and said, "I suppose that he to whom he forgave most. And He said unto him, "Thou hast rightly judged."