Last night Kim and Dee and I watched the 40th Anniversary of Saturday Night Live together. I’m in Jacksonville and its been a couple months since I’ve seen either of them. We sat in Kim’s theater with lap blankets and gassy water, and laughed until our sides hurt, we cried, we were weak, and any other […]
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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 […]
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 […]
I lived in San Francisco for a few years. I did not leave my heart there. I lived on Knob Hill and other than strolling to the bars along the crest of my neighborhood, any walk, anywhere, was an aerobic nightmare. I often think of the little, old, Chinese ladies in San Francisco, whenever I embark on a difficult […]