Category Archives: Sobriety

Bad Habits

  A habit (or wont) is a routine of behavior that is repeated regularly and tends to occur unconsciously.  Like brushing your teeth first thing in the morning or putting on the breaks at a stop sign. It is also the costume of a Catholic nun.  Don’t you just love the English language?  Don’t you […]

Stoicism

  I think to deal with some of life’s exigencies, it is best to be insane.  I’ve told you that I can compartmentalize to the point of delusion.  I am also unflappable in situations when most people would throw their hands in the air and run around like turkeys or check into hotels… Last night I […]

Don’t Go North…

I went to a dinner party in the mountains a while ago.  It was one of those affairs where you sit in a log “cabin” with rough hewn bannisters and decorative moose antlers, using grand-mama’s china and silver.  You sit next to someone you don’t know, with a plate of the local fare in front of you and […]

Color me Gray…

I particularly like the through-the-screen photo – like it’s taken from within an insane asylum…   Okay, this morning I’m INSIDE a cloud.  And I’m not flying through the air to someplace exotic or warm.  I opened the door to let Fiona go to the bathroom and she peeked out, turned around and went back to bed.  […]

The Post-Holiday Blues…

SUNRISE in the Georgia mountains in January… No wonder I’m depressed…   This blog started out as a daily journal to keep myself honest about my problems with drinking.  I really didn’t think about the byproduct – helping others – until I started getting emails and comment from those who were suffering.  I now have […]

Alcohol Shrinks the Brain???

  People write to me regularly and make suggestions for blog topics. I post almost every day, and although I am positively fecund on the topic of alcoholism, I do stare at the screen occasionally with a blank mind, so I am grateful… Which brings me to today’s topic – thanks Richard, now I’m worried I’m […]