I've been sober a long time now. Hell, I've been sober longer than I was drinking. I've been in recovery - true recovery - quite a few years less than those 18 years. I have slipped in and out of true recovery quite often through the years. My recovery looks different than yours and his …
We are All in Recovery from Something
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 …
All the Things I Would Miss
Being sober for a while, it gets a bit easier to rest on your laurels. To think that you've got this thing licked and that you are just like everybody else. Normal. Wife, mother, employee, friend, daughter, sister, aunt, neighbor. The thing is though, that can all disappear with just one drink. While that seems …
Too Sober For This 