The “wading pond” behind my office. I’d throw myself in dramatically, but eeeuuuu… I am tired. And I feel muddy, my head as bulky as a wool turtleneck. I have so little energy I might be considered slothful, if someone were considering. Maybe I’m coming down with something. I hope so, because otherwise I […]
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Now THIS is a party… Lauren’s watching Breaking Bad from scratch on Netflix. I was at her house for lunch yesterday and I watched an episode in the middle of Season Four with her. I am an irritating person to watch any television show with, or any movie or stage play, but I am particularly […]
The ultimate in slack-doggery – Fiona in her favorite position… I got this email message from my buddy Mark a couple of days ago: No “Ghost” lately? No one likes a slack dog. MM Short but sweet, right? I have been kind of tired recently, and I have been slacking off a bit […]
Giving Up the Ghost: to die; to stop working; to stop trying to do something because you know it will not succeed. A friend of mine says he’s “done with sobriety”. He says he wants another option, a different plan, and that sobriety has brought him nothing but problems. He says when he was drinking he had less […]
I’m not tired of being sober. I am just tired. I was talking to Lisa last night over some sort of fried green tomato with indefinable bits of deliciousness on top at Medure, and I said to her, “When I was drinking I used to have more frenetic energy – sweeping the front porch at […]
I was out to dinner with my friend Tall Girl on my two year sober anniversary, and she gave me a fancy, designer two year chip and said, “This is an important milestone in your recovery, because after two years of sobriety, your brain is finally coming back to normal.” There are those […]
The Grinch is an introvert… I have to apologize. I cheated on you. Last night, instead of writing here, I finished an article for Addiction.com and I am plumb out of words this morning. I am a new Expert Blogger on the website under the title: Waking Up the Ghost (what else?), and my […]
Just about the time I bought Fiona (drunk) I bought a membership to LA Fitness (drunk) and promptly forgot about it. Apparently it was a lifetime membership, because I just discovered this morning that I have been paying $32.09 per month for the past three years and I have never darkened LA Fitness’s Yoga […]
Maybe I’m just tired… I am sure I have learned many things in the past two sober years. For example, I have learned to use the F-word less frequently (and with more effect), and I know how to make spaghetti squash*. I have to admit, my two year anniversary is coming in like a lamb (or […]
I spent the weekend learning a lot of new things about addiction treatment from the talented folks at Lakeview Health. I was fortunate to be part of their “Professional Weekend” and I went rock wall climbing with some members of the group, which is one of the offsite activities Lakeview offers their clients. If […]