I have a friend who says the longer you are in recovery, the less you have to say. And that makes sense to me, but with the added caveat, less interesting or new things you have to say. Those of us in recovery can prattle on for 30 years about the hows, whys and devils […]
Day 1: I did a quick run to the drugstore a few mornings ago. My favorite corner Walgreens – I go there almost every day. It’s the place I buy my gassy water and Ice Cubes gum (and benignly yen for sweet-n’-cheap in the wine isle). The go-to where (at the worst of times these […]
I was at a Families Against Narcotics (FAN) meeting several months ago. It was a cold, miserable night and the room was full of folks who had lost a loved one to addiction and overdose. The topic was processing grief. The room was bursting with the collective swell of tears and regret and rage… […]
Wouldn’t it be great if you could have a divining rod that foreshadowed alcoholism? It would start shaking when a person was about to hit the point of no return – that moment when over-drinking morphs into reliance. I can picture some modern day Carrie Nation entering a pub, water-witching her way along the bar. […]
I like to shop at Walgreens. I buy everything from Skinny Pop and two for $3 gassy water, to holiday decorations and toilet paper. One stop shopping for all my addictions too. In the old days I would sneak in (“Welcome to Walgreens!”) and snag three bottles of cheap wine. Why yes, I am having […]
The holidays are all over but the paying of credit card bills… and they were wonderful. I was in Florida for the better part of two weeks, and I embraced family, drooling dogs and long beach walks. And after six months of careful eating, it was also a food-fest. I ate more carbs in two weeks […]
When my son was a toddler, a resourceful mother bird built a nest in the tree outside his bedroom window. It was stressful for both of us to watch. The sparrows built their nest during a Florida wind storm. And because they took up residence in our tree, we felt responsible. We’d sit on the […]
