New Beginnings

I keep having dreams that I’m drowning. I wonder why. Is it my overwhelming debt and my inability to pay my bills? My growing disillusionment with the whole romantic entrepreneuial dream? Just part of that depressive cycle my body goes through? Or is it my impending trip to Texas and my fear of flying? WTF [...]

Dear Brothers and Sisters Still Suffering, Your surgery changed everything for you. Aside from some minor pains and setbacks here and there, you were doing fabulously: losing weight like gangbusters, having energy to burn, and feeling like someone that mattered again. That’s how I felt, too. I was even blessed with a beautiful new baby. [...]

Today, I am so grateful. Grateful for the ups and the downs. I hate sounding like a cheeseball (I still hold the ridiculous notion that somewhere in the Universe someone might still consider me cool), but the truth is that I’m a grateful cheeseball. A grateful, recovery alcoholic cheeseball. I think I found a meditation [...]

An article on MSNBC today states that range free chicken eggs can be far more healthier than eggs from factory bred chickens. In fact, farm fresh eggs can have the following benefits: 1/3 less cholesterol 1/4 less saturated fat 2/3 more vitamin A 2 times more omega-3 fatty acids 3 times more vitamin E 7 [...]

Did you know that Martha Stewart contributed $4600 to Hillary Clinton’s campaign? Did you know that Tim Russert has mentioned UFOs and smoking bans in presidential debates, but not once uttered the words “global warming” on his show or at a debate? Did you know that there were over 188 veteran suicides last year? It’s [...]

Dude! I feel like an AA rockstar! I finally got a comment from the infamous hate monger, Micky! Unfortunately, I’m fairly young in my recovery and not quite as evolved as some of those in the fellowship that I look up to. I hope that one day I will be more emotionally grown up. But, [...]

Well, look who’s back from treatment! It’s the one and only Sober Chick! I am truly thrilled to see you back and hear the obvious joy in the tone of your post. Welcome back, friend….we missed your light.

Halloween is finally over. We had a week full of festivals, parties, candy and trick-or-treating. Enough candy was consumed to rot any number of teeth, but the good news is that the kids had a wonderful week. Abby was Pikkachu (Pokemon) and Max was the very gory grim reaper (he holds a blood pumping heart [...]