In my drinking days in The Bahamas I was fearless. I’d head out into open water with the captain, on a boat without any tracking devices (there was a satellite dish and a bunch of fancy looking controls, but nobody knew how to work them). We’d hop from island to island in a place so remote […]
Monthly Archives: January 2016
Yes. (But they might not say anything about it to your face). I get a variation on this question a lot. Sometimes folks will ask, “How should I tell my family I have a drinking problem?” I usually answer, “They already know.” There’s a weird thing that happens in families when one of the members has […]
When Lauren was little, we were in a store and there were some of those clever, kitchen wreaths made of corks hanging on display – several hundred corks in each wreath. She said quite loudly, “I’ll bet you could get enough corks for a wreath in a week, Mommy.” Out of the mouths of babes. […]
One of my New Year’s resolutions (I only have two and the other is to exercise every day) was to organize my storage spaces and get rid of the things I have been housing since my move from Bristol Place five years ago. For example, the INDO Board I used to balance on in […]
One of the many things I did on New Year’s Eve this year was cry hysterically. But in a good way. I watched the movie The Martian, and I’ve decided it is a must see for everyone in recovery (as well as anyone thinking about quitting drinking or facing a challenge of any kind). The […]
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