All I Want for Christmas is to Stop Crying All the Damn Time

It's been a wild ride, this past year.  As I think back to a year ago when I was filled to the brim with babies, not yet knowing who they were or what they would look like or HOW THE HELL WERE THEY GOING TO GET OUT OF THERE ANYWAY?  I was at my wit's end with discomfort …

A How To Guide on Being Happy

People ask me all the time how I'm so happy.  Or they say, YOU'RE SO GD HAPPY ALL THE TIME HOW DO YOU DO THAT?  It's not mysterious or elusive.  It's not something you need to pay a ton of money for or go to seminars or even read self help books to attain.    …

Hoping for Just One More Day Sober

Well here we are.  12 years sober today and sometimes feeling exactly as unsure and scared as I did That First Year. I'm going to pause here and STRONGLY recommend reading that last link right there.  It tells the story of what happened when I first got sober that so many of you ask me …