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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

Even though I’m older now. Almost 46. I’m still beautiful- Even if I don’t get the same external validation I did in my youth. I’m still...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Lately I’ve been talking with people about their primary addiction – the one that precedes alcohol or drugs. Of course, in my work with...

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...

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 –...

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...

Last night I went on a Tinder date with someone a lot younger than me. He said the following things:”I bet you were pretty 20 years ago.”...

Up until a few months ago, I was ashamed of my age. I never wanted to tell people how old I was. I worried and wondered if people could...

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....

When the phases of lockdown first started rippling throughout the world, I downplayed it in my mind. I listened to early reports of the...

There is a space between an event that occurs and how we interpret the event.  This gap is imperceptible for people that are living...

All types of love share common themes, whether it is romantic love, familial love, or love between friends. One of the biggest themes is...