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Postby patritter » Thu Nov 22, 2018 10:18 pm

'Confessions of an alcoholic' - Page 148:

Would he have drunk alcohol later on in his life? He would never know because what happened – happened at the time. He often thought of why he was constantly drawn to people who drank alcohol – like the times during his youth growing up. Why didn’t he heed the notice, his friend Malcolm gave to him during those adolescence days? Why did he join in with others who drank alcohol? Was it to make he feel comfortable and belonging with his drinking friends? Did he feel that he belonged to that type of group and felt comfortable in their presence?
He tried to escape and get as far away from his lifestyle with his drinking mates as he could by working on a sheep and cattle station one thousand kilometres away from his home. Did that make any difference? No - it wasn’t long before he met up with some other, so called mates, drinking alcohol all through the Christmas break not being concerned about his health or well being or his future. Even placing his employment at risk when he knew the policy of ‘no alcohol was to be consumed on the property’ was part of his employment charter.
Even when after his conversation with a Law Enforcement Officer did he change his drinking behaviour? Not likely. After joining the police force his drinking became far more serious than it had been before. He was placed into a role of working as an undercover agent allowed frequenting hotels and drinking alcohol all day. What a pathway to follow for an alcoholic.
His transfer to another town to serve as a Law Enforcement Officer didn’t stop him from drinking alcohol. He always found a way or excuse to join in with any drinking group. Then he met Ada his future bride to be. Did that stop him from drinking alcohol? No - he wanted to impress his future father-in-law by showing him HOW MUCH he could drink alcohol. That didn’t work either. After their marriage and transferring to another town didn’t slow the process down of Bundy’s drinking habits. He again sought out another drinker and continued on his merry way of alcoholism.
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Postby patritter » Fri Nov 23, 2018 9:19 pm

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Even with the birth of his first child, Nicole responsibility of becoming a parent did not slow him down at all? No - being a dad did not alter his behaviour to drinking alcohol. As Bundy remembered that period of his life, he felt within himself a deep disgust to remember how he was so drunk at a friend wedding him and Ada attended. He couldn’t even remember the name of the bride and groom. He remembered how he shit himself where they were camping on the outskirts of the town and a stranger almost walked in his shit as he was asking about the canopy on his car.
At the time he wanted to fulfil his greatest desire to work as a detective, didn’t stop him or slow his progress toward alcoholism. Time after time he’d have a break from drinking alcohol for about four months, then as soon as he was encouraged to ‘have one drink’ away he was gone again upon the same destructive highway to alcoholism.
His desire to escape to another town did not stop his progress to his drinking alcohol. Even when Ada gave birth to a son, did he stop to recognise he had more responsibility with two children? No - Bundy’s problem with drinking alcohol started to sky rocket out of his control starting to take effect with his work, social life and most importantly his family life when he stayed at the hotel drinking and not coming home.
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Postby patritter » Sat Nov 24, 2018 10:41 pm

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Alcohol had total control over him and he couldn’t see what it was doing to him and his family. His drinking alcohol became almost a daily event not knowing how he arrived home after a night of drinking. His main concern at this time was his memory. He couldn’t remember how from eight o’clock at night he’d be at the hotel and look at his watch, suddenly two hours later all he heard was the barman calling out, ‘last drinks gentlemen’. He was experiencing blackouts.
At twenty-eight years of age, his saviour was his wife Ada who, on the thirteen day of January 1977 gave him an ultimatum she was going to leave him and take their children, if he didn’t do something about his drinking. If there was ever an event in Bundy’s life to shape up or to ship out, it was this event. At that moment he made a solemn promise to Ada he would NEVER drink alcohol again. He kept to his promise. At that moment, he realised alcohol had control over him and was completely dependent upon drinking alcohol and over the time he had been drinking which at that time would have been almost half of his life.
He’d built up a tolerance to drinking it because he had to drink more each time to feel the same effect. For Bundy to have control over alcohol he had to throw it away and not have anything to do with it again.
Fortune was sitting on his shoulders when he discovered an alternative drink, claytons tonic mixed with water, to substitute for drinking alcohol. This drink was his savour.
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Postby patritter » Sun Nov 25, 2018 9:50 pm

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Although his drinking of alcohol was under control, Bundy’s behaviour and habits didn’t change at the same time. He was a dry-drunk for many years continuingly experiencing the same old habits always had while he was drinking alcohol without drinking alcohol. He didn’t know how to change. It wasn’t until he was medically discharged from the police force he learned of his destiny to become an alcohol and drug counsellor.
After twenty years as a Law Enforcement Officer he was suddenly thrown to the other end of the spectrum. He was thrust into helping his clients to recover from their alcoholism. He started at the bottom of the ladder as he’d done some twenty years before in the police force. This time he was much maturer discovering within himself a very deep-seated desire to help people like himself to recover from alcoholism.
Although he’d travelled a similar highway to his clients his knowledge of ‘what to do’ in helping them he had to learn. At first he thought everyone could stop drinking alcohol the same as he’d done so many years before. It was not the case. Bundy had a very specific reason for stopping whilst many of his clients couldn’t find a reason.
At the beginning of this journey he witnessed much pain and grief during his time at the ‘Detoxification Unit’. He wanted to put out his hand and help every one to make changes to their lives instead of trying to kill themselves with drinking alcohol. It was very tough times for Bundy.
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Postby patritter » Mon Nov 26, 2018 10:32 pm

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Eventually, he studied counselling gaining the proper credentials to further his journey of helping others in overcoming their alcoholism. It was whilst studying this course he discovered his own lifetime personal unlaying issues. Bundy discovered he was a ‘RESCUER’. Once he understood this new discovery many events of his life returned to his mind, each signalling when he’d fallen into the habit of becoming a ‘RESCUER’. What a discovery to make. He had to undo and change his behaviour of being a ‘RESCUER’ before he could help anyone else. He had to first help himself.
This journey of self-discovery changed his whole life. He had at last shaken the shackles from his shoulders giving him a complete view of his horizons, which lay ahead. He had to learn not to ‘RESCUE’ people as he had done so well during his lifetime, but instead walk beside them and empower them to rescue themselves.
He started his newfound journey by building trust and honesty with Ada. His personal goal to be completely truthful with her and everyone else he came into contact with. It was a harsh lesson to learn, for over the many years he couldn’t tally the total number of times he’d made up stories or told untruths to Ada to safe guard himself from getting into trouble.
Eventually he overcome this issue and felt better about always telling the truth even if it hurt himself or the other person. He made a commitment to always be truthful and honest with everyone and meant being honest with him. Over the many years of Bundy’s drinking alcohol, he wasn’t very responsible or dependable. This was the next lesson he had to learn so he could become a much better person within himself so he could have self-control.
His major issue was becoming accountable for his actions. As a drunk he’d tell the most whopping lies to keep himself out of trouble. Now - he had to tell the truth every time.
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Postby patritter » Tue Nov 27, 2018 10:07 pm

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Bundy used all of his self-discipline to learn a new way of becoming PERSONALLY RESPONSIBLE. Up until this time he never realised the importance of being personally responsible for anything. It was a change he made which was so tough to make because he had to become personally responsible and tell the truth. He had to make a commitment he would at all times tell people what was on his mind instead of hiding his feelings.
His self-esteem skyrocketed together with his self-belief. For the very first time in his life he knew he was getting better and feeling more confident about what he was doing. His relationship between Ada and him strengthened to the degree of a deeper trust and love for one another leading onto honesty and ultimately intimacy. Bundy had never in his life before experienced such a feeling of intimacy with anyone. To experience a feeling of intimacy with anyone, is to lock one another’s minds together into the one motion, releasing the flow of love, trust, honesty and true feelings for one another is the ultimate experience for any human being.
Finally, he was rewarded with his desire to work as an alcohol and drug counsellor in his own community and rewarded many times he failed to count the rewards, only seeing his clients walk by themselves along the highway of their choice. To witness the changes made by his clients to improve their lifestyles for a better life than they had as an alcoholic, was reward enough.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Pat Ritter is an alcoholic who wanted to share his life experiences with his readers. Having walked a mile in an alcoholic’s shoes to finally come out the other end and live a useful life is reward enough from his personal experiences.
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Re: Pat Ritter. Books

Postby patritter » Wed Nov 28, 2018 10:14 pm

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The Proposition

(A Bundy Quicksilver Mystery)
By Pat Ritter
Published by Pat Ritter on Smashwords
Copyright 2012 Pat Ritter
Thank you for downloading this ebook. It remains the copyright property of the author, and may not be reproduced, copied and distributed for commercial or non-commercial purposes. If you enjoyed this book, please encourage your friends to download their own copy, where they can also discover other works by this author. Thank you for your support.
This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents have been produced by the author’s imagination or have been used fictitiously. Any resemblance to any actual persons, living or dead, or to any actual events or precise locations is entirely coincidental or within the public domain.
Acknowledgements:

Diana Hockley has been good enough to be a beta reader. Thank you Diana, for without your words of wisdom – you kept me on the right track. Diana can contacted on http://www.dianahockley.webs.com/

Victoria Bartley, a fellow member of Pomona Writers Group has also been good enough to be a beta reader. I highly value your feedback. I personally thank you for taking your time to read the first draft of the book.
Front and back covers. I want to express my gratitude to Melissa Smith. Thank you for doing a great job. I know it was difficult at times to get it right – you did it! If you want Melissa to create your next cover, I highly recommend you do: she can be contacted on melissasmithbooks@hotmail.com.

If you have enjoyed reading this book, or if you haven’t enjoyed it, still let me know. I would love to receive your feedback. You can contact me on my e-mail: patritter@outlook.com. I’d love to receive your feedback.


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