Recovery in the Boat Basin

Greetings Voignier and friends,

Please pardon our recent lapse since the protracted annual "Pokerpaluzza" gathering here at the Basin, which hosted so many guests that the authorities arrived to curb out event, as we exceeded the maximum capacity for the docks. Our recovery was rather extended because it turned out to be literally just that, with several of guests actually drinking so hard as to "hit bottom" as it's said, winding up in session with Dr. Mike, discussing such things as biological disposition to spirits, the nature of responsibility, so called, "tough love," co-dependency, and the 12 steps to freedom. Dr. Emily and Mr. Ito did a wonderful job at drying out these individuals over the past two days, and getting them into consultation with Dr. Mike about their drinking and substance abuse.

Each year, our annual gathering brings such issues to a head for many, as many guests are pushed out of their comfort zone into the land of beyond the golden mean, where excess is the order of things. Our boxed wine pokerpaluzza plays a key role in the lives of several of our guests recovery as the step before the first of the required 12 steps to the freedom that going without can provide some.