About six month ago, I told Kim I felt like I deserved whatever bad things happened to me. I was like a shamefaced child, facing the corner, waiting for the authoritarian parent to get home and dish out punishment. I don’t feel that way anymore. I don’t want to look over my shoulder anymore, anticipating cosmic payback for the thousand wrongs […]
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Get out and live a little! Lauren’s photo of Fiona’s first swim (actually kind of a joyful walk, jump, stumble in a tide puddle). No wonder people get a dog… Today I’m not drinking because I’m at the beach… How come you’re not drinking?
When I woke up this morning, the thought sprang to mind, “If you want something done, ask a busy person.” Benjamin Franklin, who coined this phrase, was a multitasking pro – inventing the lightning rod, peering through handmade bifocals and spouting pithy aphorisms while corralling electricity in a ruffled shirt. I’m not sure, 200 years […]
As I was getting dressed this morning I thought of my ex-husband. I am wearing my customary black, but with the addition of a splash of yellow (a tank top beneath an off the shoulder sweater and platforms) as a nod to summer. I remembered once, getting dolled up to go out with him, wearing black […]
I had a drug test yesterday. I feel pretty sure I aced it. This morning I read that most employers request a standard drug screen, which tests for signs of marijuana, cocaine, phencyclidine, amphetamines and opiates. If you haven’t been drug tested recently, and think (like the old days when I heard you could tuck a […]
When is the last time you saw a gang high-ten with such authentic, enthusiasm? I want to work here!! I’ll be honest. I haven’t really worked in 20 years. I owned an art gallery. I have done some free lance writing and sober coaching. I have spent the past year giving back to the recovery […]
“… my tongue is the pen of a skillful writer.” – Psalm 45:1 (NIV) Recently people have been sending me messages about the power of words: daily reflections, quotes from famous authors on writing, snippets culled from scripture and literature and medicine. There is more and more clever, well written blog copy coming across […]
Even I am grateful for kittens. Adopt at the Jacksonville Humane Society 904-493-4567 Can We Be Grateful and Depressed? I don’t know what to believe. Can I feel depressed and grateful at the same time or not? I was leafing through some things on the internet this weekend and a Huffington Post Webinar came up called […]
The Dreadful, Wonderful Art of Tim Burton… I woke with a sense of dread. Does that ever happen to you? I ate a handful of chocolate chips last night (maybe more than a handful…) and when I opened my eyes this morning I thought, “I am a bad person. I am a chocolate chip guzzler. I am not […]
What lies beneath… Sharks have been in the news recently. There was an interview with a young man from his hospital bed in North Carolina, describing how it felt to have his arm chewed off. And drone photos of sharks in knee deep water… Sharks remain one of my biggest fears. If you have […]