One of the best phrases heard at a couple decades worth of meetings… “If it doesn’t directly affect your breathing then it’s none of your business.” Oh how this rings true for this sober sometimes sassy girl.  So easy to get caught up in life’s drama.  He said, she said, they said, it said. (It? [...]

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Hopefully by now in your recovery process you’ve at least ‘heard’ of these nasty little buggers that can destroy an addict/alcoholic faster than anything else.  (you know “number one offender” and all that jazz? No? It’s in the book. Both of em. Yep.)  Mirriam and Webster what say you? re·sent·ment noun \ri-ˈzent-mənt\ Definition of RESENTMENT [...]

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For years, I sat in the dark. Unable, unwilling, un-something; to express the real of the deal of who I really was.  Especially during the years of the dark sickness that’s known as addiction.  Using covered up everything that I really was … like you (yes social chameleon-ism), so used to the manipulative dance that [...]

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Sitting at my desk writing, as I’m wont to do you know, I happened upon a blog post on www.intherooms.com (fantastic site for recovery folk and this is also one of their blogs that they asked me to “take over” … so … everyone wave to the boys in the loft *wave* k. moving on…). [...]

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Upon mentioning to my lil’ ole blogspot here to some folks, I’m always asked “Do you really loooooove recovery?”  *snicker*  Of course this gives folks a reason to tease me; always epic fun. However it brings up a good point. Do I really love recovery and what the hell does that mean anyhow? Look at [...]

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