2 YEARS SUGAR FREE
2 YEARS SUGAR FREE (A twist on “one year, no beer”) This month marks 2 years no sugar for me I’ve had numerous substitutes for beer since...
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Aug 12, 20225 min read
HAIR-STORY
I have short hair. It’s by default. Because it’s thin, fine, and wispy and grows at a snail’s pace I have yearned for long hair since I...
Jun 29, 20225 min read
Goodbye
I changed my hair for you. I started growing it out, and I quit dying it funky colors 👩🎤 because you didn’t like it short and pink. I...
May 30, 20222 min read
THE GOOD, THE BAD, & THE HUMAN
My hair is short. I don’t shampoo it. I don’t always wear a bra. I usually keep my nails cut short. I like wearing black eyeliner. I will...
May 18, 20225 min read
MY REBIRTH DAY
I want to share something about myself you may or may not know: I am a recovered alcoholic and drug addict. And I have 2 sobriety dates....
Feb 15, 20222 min read
My Valentine’s gift to me💖
For Valentine’s, I blocked him 🚫 And in doing so, I chose myself👩❤️👩 I blocked him- not out of spite or malice- but out of...
Jan 12, 20225 min read
HITTING ROCK BOTTOM
I got pregnant on New Years Eve, 1998. I was drunk. I still remember cheering NINETEEN NINETY-NINE like a madwoman outside the bar as...
Jan 3, 20224 min read
My Nightmare before Xmas that turned into a Miracle
Four days before Christmas 2020, my job of almost 13 years gave me shocking news: that if I did not move back to the US from overseas...
Dec 6, 20213 min read
HEARTBREAK
My heart hurts. 💔 It’s an agonizing feeling that is so familiar, yet still so uncomfortable. It comes from loss of connection with...
Nov 25, 20214 min read
Diary of a Dry Drunk
HOPE IS HERE. Prayers do get answered. If you need hope that you can recover – please read my “Diary of a Dry Drunk” below, written in...
Nov 12, 202115 min read
Last Chance
It was my senior year of high school, two Thursdays before Thanksgiving. I was slouched in the rear bucket seat of my mother’s red...
Oct 28, 20215 min read
What’s Different This Time?
Lately I’ve been talking with people about their primary addiction – the one that precedes alcohol or drugs. Of course, in my work with...
Sep 17, 20213 min read
A Twist on “One Year, No Beer”
1 YEAR NO SUGAR, 20 YEARS NO CIGARETTES This month marks 20 years no smokes, and 1 year no sugar for me🤩 My foto was taken last weekend...
Aug 25, 20214 min read
TINDER DATE Part 2 – The rest of the story
6 months ago I met a guy from Tinder who gave me some back-handed compliments about my looks and my age. (See Tinder Part 1 here –...
Aug 13, 20213 min read
Digital Detox
I’m taking a few days away from screens. Here’s why. I had a moment of clarity last week when I tried to read a book. A book I’m really...
Jul 15, 20217 min read
The Power of Secrets and Lies
July 15, 1998, is twenty-three years ago today. Almost half my life has gone by since then. Still, I remember it every year. Here’s why....
May 24, 20216 min read
The Not-So-Sweet Life
In the photo on the left, I weighed 160 pounds/73 kg. Now, in the photo on the right, I’m 123 pounds/56 kg. I have not weighed 123 pounds...
May 6, 20216 min read
150 Amends
I’m dying. We all are. Yet most of us live under the illusion that we’re going to live forever, caught up in the day-to-day grind of...
May 22, 20208 min read
Reset.
I have spent the majority of my life in the meeting rooms of Alcoholics Anonymous. Since I was first sent to rehab at 17, Twelve Step...
May 11, 20205 min read
Days of Zoom and Lockdown
When the phases of lockdown first started rippling throughout the world, I downplayed it in my mind. I listened to early reports of the...
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