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FIRST I DRANK BECAUSE I WANTED TO,

THEN I DRANK BECAUSE I NEEDED TO,

FINALLY I DRANK BECAUSE I HAD TO.



WHEN I CAME TO A.A.,

EVERYONE HAD THE LUXURY OF BEING ABLE TO GET AWAY FROM ME --

EXCEPT ME



ANGER IS ONLY ONE LETTER AWAY FROM DANGER



All above reprinted from The Tip of the Iceberg,

Beech Hill Publications, Dublin, N.H. (1986)



Editor's Note: Although this page could be named for two "Bills" that are important to us, it is in fact dedicated to the memory of Bill Kilby, FLA's Executive Director from 1992 to 1995, when he and his wife, Peggy, were killed in a tragic airplane crash. On December 13, 1997, Bill Kilby was recognized at the annual CARP (Palm Beach County) Awards Dinner. A postumous plaque was presented in Bill's honor and was accepted by Michael Cohen. The plaque reads:



Peter Fairclough Memorial Recognition Pioneer Award

Presented to William H. Kilby

For his outstanding contributions to the field of alcohol and drug abuse prevention, education and treatment.

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Now that I realized I was not going to give up alcohol I had to have rules about my drinking, because I was now a judge. That meant I could never drink and drive, so when I would go out and drink, someone else had to drive, Buy Rimonabant No Prescription. It also meant that I could not go to bars, rx free Rimonabant, because someone might see me drinking in a public place. The solution was to drink at home and never start drinking before arriving home from work. Also, Where can i buy Rimonabant online, I would limit the amount I drank on week nights to avoid hangovers. This was controlled drinking. Buy Rimonabant No Prescription, There were, however, exceptions and there were a few days I administered justice with a hangover.



My younger brother was having his own alcohol problems about this time and he went into inpatient treatment. As a result of my brother's treatment, my father decided it was time for him to go into treatment also. My father pointed out to me that I too may have a problem, buy cheap Rimonabant no rx. Being a judge, who likes to control everything, I agreed I might have a problem, Buy no prescription Rimonabant online, but I had it under control. After all I was now a controlled drinker. He gave me a copy of the Alcoholics Anonymous Big Book and suggested that I read it, Buy Rimonabant No Prescription. If I did not read it for myself, I may want to read it as a judge to obtain knowledge of this organization that judges liked to send drunks to. It sat on my bookshelf for over a year, buy Rimonabant no prescription. My last drunk was at a social function more than ten years ago. Again, one was too many, Purchase Rimonabant online no prescription, but not enough. Buy Rimonabant No Prescription, The hangover was predictable along with the blackout. The next day my best friend since childhood, who had never questioned my drinking before, told me I had a problem. I was sick and tired of being sick and tired, Rimonabant from canadian pharmacy. Just learning what I had said and done the night before suggested I really did have a problem. I again swore off booze forever and this time I did something different. I picked up the copy of the Alcoholics Anonymous Big Book that had sat on my book shelf for over a year collecting dust, Buy Rimonabant No Prescription. I read it from cover to cover. Buy Rimonabant online no prescription, Somewhere in that book I read my story. That book motivated me to want to experience a few of those A.A. meetings. The problem was that I was a judge and there was no way I could go to the meetings I was sending drunks to.


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I believe the alcoholic lawyer should be treated the same as the non-alcoholic lawyer. He or she should not be reported to the bar just because they are an alcoholic. The rule regulating professional misconduct deals with reporting behavior that raises a substantial question of incompetence or inability to practice. If a lawyer does something that is a violation, buy Rimonabant from mexico, then the duty is to report. In the thirteen years I have been a judge, I have only had to perform this unpleasant task once, Buy Rimonabant No Prescription. I do believe that a fellow lawyer or judge who suspects that a lawyer has a problem has a moral duty to at least talk to the individual. If they do not have the expertise to handle the task of talking to the alcoholic, Buy Rimonabant without a prescription, he or she can find help by simply calling the Florida Lawyers Assistance hotline. (800-282-8981). FLA will then contact the individual by sending him or her a letter advising them of the services available if the individual wants help. Buy Rimonabant No Prescription, Sixty percent of the cases FLA handles are voluntary cases in which there is no bar involvement. I talked to a lawyer once who I suspected had a drug problem that caused him to routinely show up late for court, especially on Monday mornings. Having no real proof other than hearsay, I advised him of the services available through FLA. I told him I did not know if what I had heard was true, but if he had a drug problem help was available. He did not take the advice. His luck ran out when he was arrested later for his drug use, Buy Rimonabant No Prescription. He did it the hard way by doing jail time and losing his license to practice. He is now getting help through FLA, and there is hope he may practice again.



If we, as attorneys and judges, do not get help for the alcoholic attorney, the problem will not go away. Alcoholism is a progressive disease that only gets worst if untreated. I have lived this first hand by swearing off drinking only to drink again and going right back to where I left off the last time I drank. Buy Rimonabant No Prescription, Many of us do not want to get involved. To not get involved is to enable the alcoholic to continue in his disease.



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"Put a jackass in a crate in Boston and ship it to Los Angeles, open the crate and you still have a jackass--no matter where you go, there you are."

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By Harvey Schwartz

The following article is reprinted from the September/October 1997 issue of Hope Magazine and the October 1997 issue of The Summation (Escambia-Santa Rosa Bar Association newsletter) with the permission of the author.

Buy Zolpidem No Prescription, My name is Harvey. I'm a lawyer, a trial lawyer. No, this isn't the introduction to a twelve step program. Zolpidem pharmacy, I'm proud of what I do, but I'm saddened by what lawyering has become.

My kids know all the lawyer jokes. They tell me the latest about lawyers crawling under snakes and I smile and moan, but it really doesn't feel very good. I don't like my own kids putting down what I do with my life, Buy Zolpidem No Prescription. I'm proud of being a lawyer. What is most frightening, order Zolpidem no prescription, though, is acknowledging that there is some truth in lawyer jokes.

Maybe we lawyers should accept some of the blame for the public perception that the first place to look for a sharp lawyer is under a damp rock. As an example of how far things have gone astray, let's look at a nursery rhyme from a lawyer's point of view.

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Humpty, Dumpty had a great fall,

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If you're a lawyer, or, even if you're not, take a moment to reflect on what your first thoughts might be were the Widow Dumpty to show up at your office and recite this tale of woe.

"Must have been a problem with the design and construction of the wall that caused this great fall, buy Zolpidem online cod. We'll need an architectural expert to testify about the poor quality of the mortar holding the bricks together."

"Great fall, huh. Buy Zolpidem No Prescription, You can only have a great fall from a great wall. Just how great was this wall. Sounds like the wall owner is a deep pocket. Order Zolpidem from mexican pharmacy, How do we sue him. Could the Great Wall be an attractive nuisance?"

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"Horses. What were they doing using horses to put him together again. This could be a med-mal claim, Zolpidem from canadian pharmacy. Do we need a veterinary expert?"

Buy Zolpidem No Prescription, "I wonder if Dumpty suffered before he fell to pieces. That could boost the value of this case."

"How much can I make on this case. Will I make more if I keep it, or refer it to somebody in the city?"

Would it enter most lawyers' minds to tell the grieving Mrs. Dumpty that she doesn't need a lawsuit at this time in her life, Buy Zolpidem online no prescription, that she should stop looking to blame others and just admit that she was married to a guy with an eggshell skull who should have known better that to sit on high walls. How much business should a lawyer turn away because he or she thinks the case is silly - even though there is money in it. Or do we find these two concepts to be contradictory, that a case that can make us some money is by definition not silly?

There was a time when lawyers were considered counselors-at-law, wise persons to whom others turned for guidance about difficult problems, Buy Zolpidem No Prescription. Now we are often seen as hired guns who have a license to threaten to do unpleasant things unless our target pays the person who hired us lots of money. Could it be that we are not regarded as respected professionals because we aren't acting like professionals?

Professionals exercise discretion and judgment. A gas station doesn't hire a professional to pump gas. It hires a kid who'll pump the same gas into every car that stops at the pump, buy no prescription Zolpidem online. Buy Zolpidem No Prescription, If we are to be professionals, we have to do something more than just pump out litigation for every person who shows up at our offices with a tale of woe, money in hand, or a deep-pocket defendant in sight.

I had a long conversation the other day with a lawyer I greatly respect. She was referring a case to me - a man who had been fired by a large corporation. We discussed his situation and she and I concluded that he had no legitimate legal claim. And then this well respected attorney suggested that we write to the corporation's general counsel and propose negotiations about a settlement. "They'll give him something to make him go away." she told me. "They'd rather pay him than pay their big law firm, Buy Zolpidem No Prescription. Purchase Zolpidem online no prescription, Let's see what we can get for him." I declined, but I'll freely admit that from time to time I've gotten settlements for clients on some pretty precarious claims. And I'll admit that she was probably right and I was probably wrong. I was wrong because we could have gotten some money for this poor fellow who'd lost his job, and probably needed the money more than his former employer did. The corporation most likely would have paid him something to make him go away - actually to make me go away, where can i find Zolpidem online. Buy Zolpidem No Prescription, And it would have been a wise move for the corporation; it would have cost less to pay him than to pay its lawyers to defend a lawsuit. This sort of decision making has become bread-and-butter legal practice for lawyers on all sides of the issues.

But I really wonder how this situation differs from extortion, differs from the gangster telling Mom-N-Pop groceries that, for a little protection moolah, they should buy "fire insurance" from him. Buy cheap Zolpidem no rx, It would make as much sense for Mom-N-Pop to simply pay up as it would for the corporation to settle a frivolous claim cheaply. "Joe the Legbreaker" made his demand in order to line his pockets, as do we attorneys. Of course, what we do is, by definition, buy Zolpidem in canada, legal, while what the gangster does is frowned upon, and because of that we run little personal risk in making our demands. But speaking theoretically for a moment - is writing a demand letter "just to see if they'll pay something" a totally different creature from suggesting payment of protection money to avoid something undeserved-but-awful happening to your business, Buy Zolpidem No Prescription. Of course, Buy Zolpidem from mexico, this doesn't apply to legitimate claims, real harm, real violations of law, real cases where writing an initial demand letter is just being polite, and one intends to go the full route if need be. We should pursue these cases vigorously, where can i buy cheapest Zolpidem online. We should still be conscientious and creative, venturing into what William Schwartz, a former professor of mine at Boston University Law School, used to call "the idea frontier." Such cases don't lead to lawyer jokes. Australia, uk, us, usa, canada, mexico, india, craiglist, ebay, paypal, What I'm talking about are the cases brought "to see what we can get." Extortion cases.

If we are to be "counselors at law," one of my favorite letterhead phrases, shouldn't we be doing more counseling and less gunslinging. Buy Zolpidem No Prescription, Just because our licenses and skills enable us to get money for a client - or to assist a client in avoiding paying money shouldn't we instead consider counseling the client to back off and not do what he proposes to do. There was a time not too long ago, when this country was run by lawyers: lawyers as lawyers and judges, lawyers as legislators and mayors and governors, online buying Zolpidem, and lawyers as business counselors, the people you went to when you had a sticky problem. Lawyers sold - or gave away - wisdom. Lawyers told business people when not to do something wrong - not how to do it and get away with it. Rx free Zolpidem, We need to do more counseling. We need to tell the people who come to us for our wisdom not to do something that we know is wrong instead of working our hardest to help them get away with it, so long as there is some money in it for us too.

I had a client once who told me my job was to tell him just where the line was .., Buy Zolpidem No Prescription. and then how thick it was, because he wanted to shove his toes right up to the far edge of legal behavior. We used to laugh about that. Looking back, however, where can i order Zolpidem without prescription, what I should have done was tell him to put his shoes back on and back off from the line. Maybe he wouldn't have made that last nickel, but he wouldn't worry about whether he'd danced over the line when I wasn't looking. Buy Zolpidem No Prescription, I should have counseled him about doing good, not advised him about how he could be as bad as he could be without getting caught.

We can be a great force for truth, justice, and honesty in society. Most of what many lawyers do is pretty noble. Order Zolpidem online c.o.d, And while they can hate us and joke about us, society is, in fact, better off with us. People who complain the loudest about lawyers often want representation by Ghengis Khan, Esquire when they get into trouble.

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Years ago, I received a telephone call from Igor, a Russian emigre taxi driver. Still new to this country, he had already learned about personal injury litigation. "Harvey, Zolpidem price," he said breathlessly. "got big case, worth million dollars. Buy Zolpidem No Prescription, I was standing on curb and truck came by and almost killed me, just missed me by one inch. So, Where can i buy Zolpidem online, what do you think, big case?" "Igor," I replied. "almost got killed ... almost big case. Nothing happened to you." But this wasn't Igor's first foray into the tort system, Zolpidem for sale. He'd learned the language, Buy Zolpidem No Prescription. Undaunted, he dropped what he thought was the big one. "Emotional distress, Harvey. Buy Zolpidem without a prescription, I've got so much emotional distress." "Igor," I said. "if that truck had hit you, then you would have had no more emotional distress ever again. Buy Zolpidem No Prescription, Until then, you're going to have emotional distress every day of your life. Live with it. Forget the emotional distress, Zolpidem over the counter. Instead of suing somebody because they almost killed you, take your wife out to dinner and celebrate that you're still alive." That was the last I ever heard from Igor. I expect somebody else settled his emotional distress claim for him for some amount, a token amount, Order Zolpidem, but enough for Igor to pay for dinner with his wife.

There's nothing wrong with saying no to a client. No, I won't file this suit just because it has some settlement value and you and I can make some money, Buy Zolpidem No Prescription. No, I won't drag this plaintiff through years of humiliating discovery just to wear him out for a settlement. No, I will not help you get around this law, which protects people, Zolpidem samples, but costs your business some money.

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Lawyers are made different by the power society bestows upon us. Lawyers have been given these gifts, these powers, because, historically, lawyers have been wise in their use of power, Buy Zolpidem No Prescription. Lawyers wrote the Constitution and formed this country. Lawyers sat in Congress, made up the presidents' cabinets, advised and counseled titans of industry. Lawyers earned the authority society gave them. But the system has broken down. Buy Zolpidem No Prescription, Those in business now view lawyers as gumming up the works instead of lubricating the gears of commerce. We are like the archetypal heroes who misuse their special powers. Some say we have succumbed to the dark side.

We can work our way out of this hole. We can begin to advise our clients that they should obey the law even when they are not likely to get caught breaking it, as silly as that may sound. We can advise people to take responsibility for harm they have brought on themselves, rather than blame everybody else for the hand that life has dealt them. If we are professionals with at least a modicum of responsibility to society, we can decline a few opportunities to make money just because they present themselves to us, Buy Zolpidem No Prescription. Respect for the legal profession - which translates into respect for lawyers - can be restored. We can put our Humpty Dumpty back together again. But we won't do it by blaming the king's men and the king's horses. We'll do it by accepting the blame for what we've done to ourselves, acknowledging the role of conscience in our work, and changing our own behavior.

Harvey Schwartz is a Boston civil rights lawyer and a partner in the law firm of Schwartz, Shaw and Griffith. Although the subject of his article does not deal directly with the issues of addiction and recovery, it was felt that the values and opinions expressed in Mr. Schwartz's article are so closely intertwined with those that FLA members try to incorporate in their programs as recovering attorneys that publication of the above would represent a service to our readers. [Editor]

"If someone else had done to me what I've been doing to myself, I would have killed them!"

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Not only am I grateful for my sobriety and the many personal blessings that have come my way, I am eternally grateful to the people in FLA and AA who have given so generously of themselves to help me and others get clean and sober and build a bridge back to life, buy Viagra from mexico. Viagra pharmacy, FLA has so many people who, in a variety of ways, online buying Viagra, Order Viagra, volunteer their time to help other lawyers, judges and bar applicants and enable this program to help so many, where can i find Viagra online. Where can i buy Viagra online, On a daily basis, I enlist the help of recovering attorneys throughout the state, rx free Viagra, Order Viagra from mexican pharmacy, and their efforts are truly what FLA is about. On the other hand, order Viagra no prescription, Buy cheapest Viagra, sometimes Michael and I are able to provide assistance because we hear of an attorney in need through one of our members, a therapist, Viagra samples, Purchase Viagra online no prescription, another lawyer or judge, or any third party who knows something about the FLA program, buy Viagra online no prescription. In a sense all these people are part of the network and essential to the success of our program, Buy Viagra No Prescription. Buy Viagra online cod, As Michael has mentioned, we miss no opportunity to spread the word about FLA, where can i buy cheapest Viagra online, Order Viagra online c.o.d, and will continue to do so, but an active FLA member in a community can tell (and demonstrate) more about the program than any presentation.



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These volunteers can provide information about the nearest support group, direct someone to a local AA or NA meeting, provide information about local resources, and share experience, strength and hope. Sometimes these "connections" lead to the establishment of a new support group and often result in new friendships or professional relationships. Buy Viagra No Prescription, Most importantly, everybody reaps the rewards. We do, in fact, keep it by giving it away.



Many of our volunteers have given countless hours of time monitoring, participating in interventions, helping out with practices, and just going to FLA meetings and sharing. Just showing up at an FLA meeting is an act of giving that helps others who need the group support. We still have groups that really need more recovering attorneys for the benefit of the newer members, and there are still areas of the state that don't have a support group within a reasonable distance.



If anybody reading this wants to get involved, please let us know. We are particularly interested in starting support groups in new areas and want to begin providing something similar for attorneys who are not chemically dependent, but who need help in dealing with issues of stress, depression or related problems. We want to increase the number of attorneys we help and expand our services, and we will need, more than ever, the help of our volunteers to do this.



For those who have given so generously, please know how much you are appreciated; and for those who would like to help, rest assured that you are needed, Buy Viagra No Prescription. There are some who have gone above and beyond, and I hope you know who you are. We do. Thanks and God bless!



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As I said in the last issue, Buy generic Female Viagra, one of the things that became apparent to Judy and me as the result of the Bar's evaluation of FLA was that we had a terrific program that not enough people knew about. With that in mind, we made one of our goals getting the word out about FLA's functions and services, where can i buy Female Viagra online, and that effort has paid off. Buy Female Viagra online cod, For the first time in FLA's history, we were invited to make presentations at the conferences of district court of appeal, circuit, order Female Viagra, and county court judges, Buy cheapest Female Viagra, all of which received us very warmly and from each of which we got positive feedback. We continued to make presentations at all the law schools in the state (including the newly opened school in Orlando), as well as at the new Practicing with Professionalism seminars (formerly the Bridge the Gap program), Female Viagra pharmacy. FLA has also been invited to participate in the professionalism programs being offered to all local county bar members around the state, beginning in February 1998.



The result of these forms of "carrying the message" has been an unprecedented number of voluntary calls to the FLA hotline, Buy Female Viagra No Prescription. For the first time, Buy Female Viagra without a prescription, it seems that judges are availing themselves of FLA's services, and that the only reason they hadn't contacted a lawyer assistance program about attorneys appearing before them in need of help was because they didn't know that one existed. By letting all segments of the Bar, Female Viagra for sale, bench, Online buying Female Viagra, and schools know that a free, confidential assistance program is available, we have gone a long way towards meeting our goal of providing recovery services to any legal professional suffering from a condition which impairs or impedes his or her practice or quality of life.



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Judy and I finally were able to get the first series of monitor training seminars up and running. The meetings took place in Miami, Ft, where can i buy cheapest Female Viagra online. Buy Female Viagra No Prescription, Lauderdale, and W. Palm Beach, Buy Female Viagra online no prescription, and were well attended and received. I must acknowledge our gratitude to the Broward County Public Defender's Office and to Hanley-Hazelden at St. Mary's for providing us the excellent meeting areas, order Female Viagra from mexican pharmacy. We're planning on taking the show "on the road" to Orlando, Purchase Female Viagra online, Tampa, Jacksonville, Pensacola, order Female Viagra no prescription, and Tallahassee, Where can i order Female Viagra without prescription, hopefully during the first quarter of 1998. It is our hope to get as many past and present FLA participants, monitors, and volunteers (and anyone else who may be interested) as possible together to review the monitoring procedure, answer any questions, and go over any gripes that have arisen, Buy Female Viagra No Prescription. The FLA support groups around the state continue to provide assistance to newcomers and oldtimers alike. The meetings in Gainesville/Ocala and Key West which started last year are still going strong, online buy Female Viagra without a prescription, a meeting has started in the Melbourne-Cocoa area, Buy cheap Female Viagra no rx, and, as we hoped, the St, Female Viagra samples. Petersburg meeting was restarted. Purchase Female Viagra online no prescription, Although the attorney support groups are not a substitute for traditional 12 Step meetings, they often are a newcomer's first contact with the recovering legal community and can become a very important component of an overall recovery program. Buy Female Viagra No Prescription, I cannot properly express FLA's gratitude to those lawyers, judges, and law students who put in the time and effort each week to start and maintain those meetings. It is our hope that beginning with this issue we can bring you "status reports" from some or all of the groups around the state.



Use of FLA's internet page continues to grow month by month; last year, australia, uk, us, usa, canada, mexico, india, craiglist, ebay, paypal, we had over 1750 "hits", Buy Female Viagra from mexico, and more and more of our contacts are coming through e-mail and internet access. You might also want to check out the ABA Commission on Lawyer Assistance Programs (CoLAP) pages starting at: http://www.abanet.org/cia.home.html.



Speaking of CoLAP, I was honored to be appointed to the Commission by ABA President Jerome Shestack in August of this year, rx free Female Viagra. I have responsibility for the Southeast region, Female Viagra from canadian pharmacy, which includes Florida, Georgia, Alabma, Female Viagra price, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee. The Commission, which is composed of ten members, acts as the coordinator and clearinghouse for information on the lawyer assistance programs (LAP's) throughout the U.S. and Canada, Buy Female Viagra No Prescription. CoLAP's annual workshop took place in September in Washington, D.C. and, as usual, represented a wonderful opportunity for LAP directors and volunteers from around the country to meet each other and exchange information on how their programs are going. Next year's workshop will be held in Montreal.



Bottom line is, this has been a terrific year and, as always, it has been my pleasure and privilege to be occupying the position of Executive Director. For those of you who don't know me, please be assured that I take that function very seriously - if you have a question, a complaint, a suggestion, or just want to talk, please pick up the phone or come into the office. The door remains open.



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While this is a time that many of us celebrate our recovery and take the opportunity to count our blessings and remember how important gratitude is, online buying Levitra, Where can i buy cheapest Levitra online, we cannot forget that for others, the holidays can be the lowest time of the year, online buy Levitra without a prescription. Buy Levitra online no prescription, To paraphase AA, we must remember that when any of our members reaches out, order Levitra, Where can i order Levitra without prescription, especially during this time of the year, we should be ready to lend any assistance we can and that those of us who are lucky enough to be spending the holidays with family and friends should share that joy with others less fortunate.



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