Raising twins and staying sober 24 hours at a time.
At almost 42 years of age, I'm finally comfortable in my own skin, soul, heart and mind. This is what happened when I learned to love my imperfect self. I can look folks in the eye and see them for who they are right at that moment. There is no wishing they were different or …
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I usually don't see myself taking a drink. It's more the aftermath. The stretch of time between being drunk and what happens next is what is most terrifying. All of a sudden in what seems like a 5 minute period of time, I'm back on my face with nothing to cling to and nothing to …
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I think maybe we are all recovering from the moment we are born. From the moment we are pushed from that warm, all enveloping, safe space out into this cold, hard world, we are recovering. Finding our way. Forging our path. And the thing is, recovery never stops. Hopefully. We are all in recovery from …
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