River Rest & Sunset Hills Cemetery – the current address of most of my relatives… This may surprise you, but I was a weird child. I was plagued with night terrors and picked on at school. It didn’t help that I peed my tights in 3rd Grade while standing in front of the class […]
Monthly Archives: February 2015
Watch his left hook, kid – there’s a shot of bourbon in his hand – and his upper cut has a glass of white wine in it… What do you think of when you hear the term “Sober Coach”? I think of Robert Downey Jr.’s muscle bound babysitter, whipping up emerald green drinks in a […]
…go together like a horse and carriage, or more appropriately, a gin and tonic. Panic attacks are linked inextricably to binge drinking, alcoholism and even the early stages of alcohol withdrawal. A panic attack is defined as: a sudden feeling of acute and disabling anxiety. says: A full-blown panic attack includes a combination of the […]
I am really, really good at Scrabble… A friend of mine suggested, if I couldn’t think of anything to write about, I should start with a single word*. Like the first step toward sobriety, he said it would be a catalyst – a spark to the verbal genus that eludes. The problem with that […]
Boris Bikes BORE US when we can’t stop at THE CAT AND THISTLE for a refreshing shandy… With Val and Coco. Just over a year ago, I was in England. I was six months into my sobriety and vaguely miserable… I am not one of those people who decided to become sober and turned […]
It’s funny, the things one remembers from college. I went to Northern Michigan University in Marquette and I remember little about my studies and nothing about my professors, with the exception of Jerry Cushman and Phillip Legler. Jerry Cushman was my big crush – my gay, modern dance teacher who choreographed the troupe, writhing on dusty […]
As I pulled into the driveway after the long car trip from Jacksonville to Georgia, I turned to Fiona and said, “We’re home!” This is not my house or my furnishings. None of my possessions are here – not my art, not my books, not my Barbie collection, not even my best shoes. So what is it […]
Dear Miss Manners: What does one say to an alcoholic who has announced they have quit drinking? Love, Miss Mare Dear Miss Mare: The appropriate response is: “Congratulations,” without the exclamation point (a bit too exuberant) or “Good for you.” ***** I am a polite person. I know how to deport myself. For example, I know […]
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