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Ugh. Searching and Fearless. Whatever.

  I’m no good when I’m not being honest. I wrote some blog entry the other day about “my writing voice.” Since I went back and read it I’ve been dying to delete it. It makes me nauseous. “My writing...

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Blogs on Sobriety

So I’ve been snooping around the blog world and have come across dozens and dozens of blogs about sobriety. I haven’t read them all but I have sat and spent time with a few. At first I thought, “wow. I...

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I love me some napping!

I need to be honest with myself (and you all) about something—my fatigue. My fatigue has been with me all my life. Sometimes it’s a coping mechanism; sometimes it’s pure necessity. It actually disgusts...

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I thought… WHAT?

I feel the need to tell on myself. I do this for a couple of reasons. First of all, it’s a great practice that helps me heal. Not only am I aware of the insanity of my mind but also I’m admitting it....

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Be visible!!!

So, yesterday I started a long rambling post about my nine-year old and his struggles. The gist was about his anxiety, which he has a lot of. His anxiety turns into frustration, which then morphs into...

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Oh Glennon! I love yah!

April 28, 2013- Sunday morning I love Glennon Melton Doyle. I think what she’s doing is a service to women everywhere, hell, even men. Who am I to exclude! I totally identify with her story- a...

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The D Word

This post is about discipline but it doesn’t seem like it at first. Stay with me. Things that are not important are distracting me:  #1 the fact that I no longer wear my engagement ring because the...

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Love for AA on Mother’s Day

I’m not making this up when I say I effing love AA. I can’t even begin to explain or articulate the ways in which I have changed but I’ll try. First of all I’ve only been in the program for 8 months....

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The Derby? I’m ready!

God, Wow. Great timing. Really. Your divine timetable is so different than mine and continues to be much better than mine. You have a way at delivering zingers that even award-winning screenwriters are...

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Online Shopping Cart Anxiety

Today I am consumed with fear! Fear that I must buy everything in my oldnavy.com shopping cart right now! Why right now you ask? Well, I’ll try to explain this to the non-alcoholic people of the world....

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