Raising twins and staying sober 24 hours at a time.
"Mama. What were you doing right now 20 years ago?" That is the question my 8 year old babies asked me this morning after they saw my XX year anniversary coin and we were talking about what it used to be like. "Well, I was likely checking into a hospital." "Why a hospital?""Because when you …
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There's a format we follow in twelve steps meetings that is based on sharing your story with your drug of choice and it's a pretty basic yet effective story telling tool that goes like this: - What it was like - What happened - What it's like now I thought I could use this format …
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It was the first day that I didn't drink for the last time (I hope). Did you follow that? October 4, 2001 was far from my last rehab, dry run, committed stay anywhere, but it somehow stuck that time. I was in a rehab in Wisconsin and I was full of shame once again because …
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