DAN 2.0…my story of recovering from Alcohol, Nicotine & Caffeine

How I am recovering from alcoholism and my addictions.

I’m a late bloomer. It took retiring from the Marines, after nearly 39 years on active duty, to embrace a recovery program and stop using alcohol, nicotine, and caffeine. I was 60 years old.

I was inspired at the four-year mark to write down my story in order to share my experience, strength and hope with others who might be inspired to quit any addiction that might haunting them. The insanity of it all!

In the tradition of Bill Wilson, the co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, I decided to have the book authored by Dan W., given Bill wrote a book by Bill W. In the book, I candidly describe how I am recovering from the addictions of alcohol, nicotine, and caffeine. I say recovering specifically because I firmly believe that I will have the disease of alcoholism for the rest of my life. The second that I proclaim myself “recovered,” I believe that it will only be a matter of time before I start drinking alcohol again. “Complacency kills!” I view my sobriety as a temporary reprieve, and that my continued sobriety is contingent upon my spiritual condition. Therefore, I must put prioritize my spiritual growth every single day in order to stay away from that next drink. I take it one day at a time and today marks 1885 days of continuous sobriety…five years and two months exactly. I’m very thankful to my Higher Power, whom I choose to call God, for His grace and mercy and gifting me the miracle of sobriety for the longest period ever in my adult life.I sincerely hope that if you are able to read my story that you are inspired to commence a recovery journey of your own. I pray that you are one of the chosen ones afflicted with alcoholism, or addiction, and that recovery rockets you into the fourth dimension of living that you may live a life of serenity; happy, joyous, and free. These past five years have been the most awesome years of my life. I pray the same for you.

Here is my book and the link allows you to buy it straight from Amazon in any of four formats. If you do happen to read it, I’d certainly appreciate a review. Thank you, and may your recovery journey be slow. Enjoy the journey!

https://a.co/d/03pLaxE4
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Author: A110PercentMentality

I grew up in Africa, the son of missionary parents who devoted their entire adult lives to helping African tribespeople in desperate need. Read all about it in my recently published Memoir, OUT OF AFRICA AND INTO THE CORPS. I spent eight years in the southern Sudan, four years in South Africa & South West Africa, and two years in Kenya. It was perfect preparation for a career in the Marines. I led Marines for 39 years on active duty, first as an enlisted Marine from Private to the rank of Staff Sergeant, and then as a "Mustang" infantry officer for 31 years: Second Lieutenant to full bird Colonel. I was the senior Colonel in the Marines when I retired on Leap Year Day in 2020 of some 555 Colonels with almost a full ten years time-in-grade as a full bird Colonel. A week after being notified that I would be considered by the selection board for Brigadier General in July 2016, I was falsely accused of sexual assault, and wrongfully convicted of one charge at a court martial fourteen months later in September 2017. I spent nearly 3 years in 3 different military prisons, before being exonerated "WITH PREJUDICE" in a unanimous decision by the Navy-Marine Corps Court of Criminal Appeals for "factual and legal insufficiency." Upon my release from prison, I was forced to retire and my leadership reneged on our agreement of "no punishment" by weaponizing the retirement process to have me retired in the pay of a Lieutenant Colonel and with an "Other than Honorable" characterization of my service, which equated to "severe punishment." It was the military lawyers' way of getting their revenge for losing the most important case of their careers. In retirement, I have written and published the true story of my case in my first book, UNDAUNTED GLADIATOR. These are the eight books that I've currently written and published. I am working on three more books presently: UNDAUNTED GLADIATOR A 110 PERCENT MENTALITY THE BATTLE OF FALLUJAH - PART II...Operation Phantom Fury DAN 2.0 by DAN W. THE SWAMP F0X UNLEASHED OUT OF AFRICA AND INTO THE CORPS PICKLEBALL BATTLEFIELD THE BLONDE BOMBSHELL All eight books are available on AMAZON in the following formats: Hard Cover, Paperback, Ebook/Kindle, and as audiobooks that I personally narrate. I aspire to fix the inequities in the military legal system someday. I aspire to have HONOR restored to my military career and that JUSTICE be done in my case. I aspire to inspire in others a desire to acquire a Higher Power of their own understanding. I give all credit to any successes I've had in life to my Higher Power, whom I choose to call "GOD." "I can do all things through God who strengthens me." I dedicated UNDAUNTED GLADIATOR to God, because He imbued in me the attitude to not just survive in prison, but to thrive in prison. On account of God, I went from “Victim” to “VICTOR!” All glory be to God Almighty! Semper Fi and Semper God!

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