This is Sanford House. I’m SERIOUS. I might not ever leave… Sanford House Drug and Alcohol Rehab and Recovery Center… I’m very excited to be heading to Michigan today as a guest of the folks at the gorgeous Sanford House. Sanford House is a drug and alcohol rehab and recovery center for women, located in Grand […]
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I was supposed to have dinner with Nick on Saturday night, but he was unavoidably detained… Kim and I went anyway, as a tribute and because he would have wanted me to enjoy his largess one more time. When we arrived, Kim got flustered, because the hostess said, “He’s expecting you. There’s something at […]
From a set of AA Approved comic strips 1968 – 1974 – awesome right? I know you have spoken about AA; however, I wonder if maybe you could share your experience. I have found that for me the only way I have been able to remain sober, is through AA. I realize that your […]
Words Have Power I have found my niche. After years of people looking at me and saying, “You’d be great in sales,” I’ve finally convinced everyone I am best at doing research and writing about it. I love correcting other people’s grammar; finding inconsistencies in long standing, scholarly reference materials; and educating myself about obscure subjects […]
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September was Recovery Month and per usual, I am a day late (30 days late) and a dollar short to comment. I guess, like Jon Jon’s first grade teacher used to say on Father’s Day (“Every day is Father’s Day”), I’m of the mind that every day is Recovery Day and every month Recovery Month. I wanted […]
Guana Reserve Beach – the day before the blood moon… Evie says this photo looks like half a heart. I didn’t see it until Ellie told me, and now it’s all I can see. It’s ironic I guess that when everyone else was anticipating the super-moon and looking up to the heavens, I was […]
Where’s Mare? You can tell we’re professionals – we’re wearing name tags on lanyards… on the balcony/running track in Lakeview’s newly renovated gym. Lakeview Health In July, I was invited by Jacksonville’s Lakeview Health to attend their “Professional’s Weekend”. Twenty-five addiction specialists from around the country visited Lakeview’s addiction treatment center to tour their newly renovated […]
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Someone asked me the other day if I was wearing hair extensions, because my hair “looked so thick”. It’s funny, because for so many years I have hated my thin hair, and recently it has become kind of amazing. I actually did wear hair extensions during The Bahamas years. I thought they looked glamorous at the time. Based on a quick […]
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“I keep thinking about this river somewhere, with the water moving really fast. And these two people in the water, trying to hold onto each other, holding on as hard as they can, but in the end it’s just too much. The current’s too strong. They’ve got to let go, drift apart.” ― Kazuo […]
From Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland – He’s always LATE… I woke up this morning with nothing to say. Have you ever had that happen to you? Your noggin feels swollen: like it’s padded with black cotton wool, nothing in there but fluff. So I Googled “What are all the anonymous groups” and suddenly I’m full […]