If this were a river of wine, laying down with my mouth under the wine-fall might just be ENOUGH… I got an interesting comment yesterday, from CAZ. She answered the question HOW COME YOU’RE NOT DRINKING? with: Because I can’t find a large enough glass. To a non-alcoholic, this answer might sound cheeky or […]
Category Archives: Sobriety
I was back on the Podcast at Since Right Now yesterday. We talked about Alcoholism and Isolation and a few other things ex-boozers like to talk about. Have you ever been on the radio and heard your voice for the first time the way others hear It? I have this sort of Lady Bountiful, slightly nasal, lyrical delivery […]
Someone wrote to me and asked why I post so many photos of cemeteries. Hello – this blog is called Waking Up the Ghost… When I was in high school I was a thespian (oh get your mind out of the gutter – it doesn’t mean I kissed girls…). My drama teacher Mr. Lee, would […]
I’m pretty excited. I was doing some research on addiction and the brain this morning; there is a strong correlation between a mutated dopamine D2 receptor and addiction and I wanted more information. On some level I like to know that my more malignant attributes (alcoholism, binge eating, hyperactivity) are the result of a variation in my pleasure […]
I seem to find God when I am hiking. I am fortunate to hike in remote, beautiful places, often alone. It usually feels disrespectful, or dangerous to listen to music, so I hike in silence. It’s the perfect formula for contemplation – begging the questions, where did all this splendor come from and why […]
The sign says Merry Christmas Y’all – a proper use of the apostrophe, and Merriam Webster says it’s a WORD… I can’t take it anymore. It will drive me to drink. Everywhere I look there are misplaced or missing apostrophes – on placards, on Facebook mewling, on Christmas card familial updates… Examples: On […]
All of this for $38.00!!! The title may be a bit misleading, because I don’t think this post will be about drinking or not drinking at all. I shopped at the Hiawassee Dollar General yesterday and I am a changed woman, so that is what I feel compelled to crow about… First of all, everything […]
Sunrise at Blue Heaven’s tiki hut… Morning, morning. That’s how they say it in The Bahamas. You head to the yacht club for coffee at 7 AM after a long night of partying and you’re hung over and when you get there a few people are sitting at the bar nursing Bloodies and you wonder […]
It’s the holiday party season. This morning I am remembering the way I used to behave at parties when I was still a drinker. My husband called it the Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde syndrome, but it was actually more of a four part social disintegration. It went like this: One: I’d arrive at a […]
Cabin Beautiful Magazine, right? The dog, the faded armchairs, the faux fur throw, the writing nook… One of the things I am grateful for since my divorce, is being able to choose the annual Christmas tree without my husband in attendance. Every year, the children and I (in seizures of celebratory joy) would find […]