Reflecting
Drinking has become such a non-issue for me that I tend to forget there are millions of people going through the process of stopping at any given time, and I can share my experience to Read More …
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Awakening
I’ve noticed lately, as I enter into my fourth set of ethanol-free holidays, that I am coming at everything from a higher place altogether. I am being transformed, and I will give a good part of the Read More …
Sentimentality – the codependent’s best friend
I saw something the other day that got me to thinking. After a year and a half of freedom and clarity, all of these ideas sprang from this Facebook post commented on by a bunch Read More …
Going Out
Last night I went out to a joint birthday party of two friends from a family I’ve known all of my life. It was held in a bar. My hubby had to work, so he Read More …
Happy New Year
It’s hard to believe that this is my 2nd New Year free and clear! Time has flown. I was just mentioning to my husband how I’d have loved to have been invited out to some Read More …
Thoughts on thinking
The brain is always looking for solutions to the very problems it creates for itself. This is especially true when it comes to addictions, and all addictions are the same at the core. The brain, Read More …
#15 Life is Difficult
Life is difficult. The timing of this was perfect for me coming out of a few days of darkness, and happy to report that despite the dark mood, the monster was nowhere to be found. Read More …
#14 It’s all in the body – “down there”
Here’s a little diary of the mining & Tapping I did in the first few days. I’m laying myself bare here. Now knowing that much of my drinking was to NOT FEEL, this has been Read More …
#12 Playing with the Little Monster
Normally I am a very kind, thoughtful, helpful, and considerate person. Most of my life, I actually put the feelings of others before my own, which didn’t always pan out well. It took me many Read More …
#11 Saturated Literature – a brief review
THE PARIS WIFE by Paula McLain – historical fiction, a very well-researched and written piece spoken in first person by/about Hemingway’s first wife. In my fresh state as a non-ethanol-drinking person raised in the same Read More …