This is why I love Elena Brower so fiercely. This particular meditation helped me when I was working so hard on self-love as a launching pad to my sobriety -- and it felt like nobody could understand me (and much less put it in words). I had drowned my ability to feel for so long, … Continue reading The Ritual of Recovery
Today is a bittersweet day. It is Father's Day. And while I am so very grateful to have a living father, he is in a different country, and I can't do much other than make a phone-call. I thank him for all he did right, and I honor him for all he did wrong. It's … Continue reading Cooked Out ::
Today I beat my drinking demon to a pulp. I fought my illness good and hard on the wrestling mat. It was a terrifying match. I finished bloody, messy and exhausted...but I won. Against all odds, I won. What this means is that in the middle of an otherwise ordinary workday, smack in the middle of solid months … Continue reading The Deep Craving Episode (or how I beat my Drinking Demon, instead of relapsing again)
Current reality: Life is a little shitty and somehow, I survive + my sobriety grows muscle. *I am getting divorced. - This week I am in the very last leg of my divorce. My second divorce, mind you. And while every ounce of my brain tells me that this is a VERY good thing - my … Continue reading This is why I need my Program
I was a witness to greatness last Friday night in NYC. Greatness, all rolled-up in a 5-foot uber-petite frame. Greatness in high heels, sassy blond hair and black leather pants. Glennon Doyle-Melton is greatness. And badassness. And raw-truthness (yes, I make up words, live with it). Glennon looks like a suburban mom (and frankly has a hotness … Continue reading Addiction = Running from pain (and love)
The She Recovers NYC weekend came and went like a loud storm and a soft whisper. It danced through me, sometimes slamming messages of "elevated consciousness" that were loud and boisterous; and sometimes delivering whispered jewels of truth which felt were made just for me. I am struggling with what to say; I am overwhelmed in a way … Continue reading SHE RECOVERS, New York 2017
