Keeping up with the Joneses
I haven’t written in a long time because we’ve been building our house, painting every inch of it, and moving 30 years’ worth of stuff (which we still aren’t finished with). It’s been a busy Read More …
mind/body
Honoring the Hole
I have been planning to write this piece for a few months now, originally titled Befriending the Hole, after being notified by Hello Sunday Morning that it had been two years since I stopped 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 …
Son of a Beast
It’s been nearly a year now since I stopped ingesting ethanol. Time has flown, and I am just so happy that I don’t do that any more. No so-called sobriety here, I am free and 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 …
Heartbreaking
Booze can be heartbreaking – literally! When concerned about my extreme high blood pressure at doctor’s visits, no doctor ever once mentioned ethanol as a possible cause. All they ever wanted to do was give Read More …
An Interesting Phenomenon
I’ve been out of the woods, so to speak, for quite a few months now, and it just gets better and better! This is the year when all of my classmates and I 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 …
#7 Living it Up
One of the biggest trends I notice in the two ethanol cessation communities I visit is that there’s a lingering feeling of loss, of coping with the stress, of yearning, even grief, of stopping using Read More …