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Sep 29, 20222 min read
2 YEARS SUGAR FREE
2 YEARS SUGAR FREE (A twist on “one year, no beer”) This month marks 2 years no sugar for me I’ve had numerous substitutes for beer since...
Aug 12, 20225 min read
HAIR-STORY
I have short hair. It’s by default. Because it’s thin, fine, and wispy and grows at a snail’s pace I have yearned for long hair since I...
Jun 29, 20225 min read
Goodbye
I changed my hair for you. I started growing it out, and I quit dying it funky colors 👩🎤 because you didn’t like it short and pink. I...
May 30, 20222 min read
THE GOOD, THE BAD, & THE HUMAN
My hair is short. I don’t shampoo it. I don’t always wear a bra. I usually keep my nails cut short. I like wearing black eyeliner. I will...
May 18, 20225 min read
MY REBIRTH DAY
I want to share something about myself you may or may not know: I am a recovered alcoholic and drug addict. And I have 2 sobriety dates....
May 8, 20221 min read
I AM STILL BEAUTIFUL.
Even though I’m older now. Almost 46. I’m still beautiful- Even if I don’t get the same external validation I did in my youth. I’m still...
Feb 15, 20222 min read
My Valentine’s gift to me💖
For Valentine’s, I blocked him 🚫 And in doing so, I chose myself👩❤️👩 I blocked him- not out of spite or malice- but out of...
Jan 12, 20225 min read
HITTING ROCK BOTTOM
I got pregnant on New Years Eve, 1998. I was drunk. I still remember cheering NINETEEN NINETY-NINE like a madwoman outside the bar as...
Jan 3, 20224 min read
My Nightmare before Xmas that turned into a Miracle
Four days before Christmas 2020, my job of almost 13 years gave me shocking news: that if I did not move back to the US from overseas...
Dec 6, 20213 min read
HEARTBREAK
My heart hurts. 💔 It’s an agonizing feeling that is so familiar, yet still so uncomfortable. It comes from loss of connection with...
Nov 25, 20214 min read
Diary of a Dry Drunk
HOPE IS HERE. Prayers do get answered. If you need hope that you can recover – please read my “Diary of a Dry Drunk” below, written in...
Nov 12, 202115 min read
Last Chance
It was my senior year of high school, two Thursdays before Thanksgiving. I was slouched in the rear bucket seat of my mother’s red...
Oct 28, 20215 min read
What’s Different This Time?
Lately I’ve been talking with people about their primary addiction – the one that precedes alcohol or drugs. Of course, in my work with...
Sep 17, 20213 min read
A Twist on “One Year, No Beer”
1 YEAR NO SUGAR, 20 YEARS NO CIGARETTES This month marks 20 years no smokes, and 1 year no sugar for me🤩 My foto was taken last weekend...
Aug 25, 20214 min read
TINDER DATE Part 2 – The rest of the story
6 months ago I met a guy from Tinder who gave me some back-handed compliments about my looks and my age. (See Tinder Part 1 here –...
Aug 13, 20213 min read
Digital Detox
I’m taking a few days away from screens. Here’s why. I had a moment of clarity last week when I tried to read a book. A book I’m really...
Jul 15, 20217 min read
The Power of Secrets and Lies
July 15, 1998, is twenty-three years ago today. Almost half my life has gone by since then. Still, I remember it every year. Here’s why....
May 19, 20217 min read
My Rebirth-day
A year ago today I was in an AA Big Book study with my sponsor. We were reading page 31 of the book. I read the sentence “Through every...
Apr 17, 20217 min read
Trust Fall
On December 21, 2020, at 12 midnight, my job of 12 1/2 years gave me shocking news: that if I did not move back to the US from overseas...
May 22, 20208 min read
Reset.
I have spent the majority of my life in the meeting rooms of Alcoholics Anonymous. Since I was first sent to rehab at 17, Twelve Step...
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