It’s National Recovery Month… huh? What does THAT mean exactly? Well according to SAMHSA (Substance Abuse And Mental Health Administration) it’s this… National Recovery Month (Recovery Month) is a national observance that educates Americans on the fact that addiction treatment and mental health services can enable those with a substance use or mental disorder to live a [...]

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I was asked to speak at a meeting. Share my story. You know the experience, strength, hope thingy that’s part of our 12 step work. Yeah. It just so happened that on that night… I had a sick babygirl with a fever well over 100 degrees, I worked late, it was so hot any makeup [...]

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It’s not so much what I say it’s how I say it; it’s not so much what I do it’s how I do it.   ~ Mae West. oh i love that woman. totally one of my idols. cool and classy. Oh so so SO true. It rather boils down to two little questions… Am [...]

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Do you remember that magical moment when you “got” it? And by “IT” I mean the moment when all defenses, doubt, denial, barriers … were swept away and somehow, someway you realized that you had found a solution? The parting of the internal red sea where for one moment in time … you knew that [...]

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I’m in heaven. Walking around my old college campus (yes i graduated from Akron U.) which is now filled with thousands and thousands (and yes thousands) of drunks; laughing, crying, hugging, sharing, LIVING … Founders Day style. Talk about being surrounded with God-consciousness, or if you prefer a power greater.  Puts life’s little petty issues [...]

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I’ve been going to Founders Day in Akron Ohio since 1992 (take away four years due to marriage-from-hell-ism and a six month relapse after 15 years sober. bleck). Every year I get uber nostalgic, because I’ve had the privilege to grow up in AA. Getting sober at 19, I literally learned how to live and [...]

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I was talking with a friend at work yesterday. Per usual it was a good conversation filled with the real deal cream filling center of down and dirty. He looks at me and says oh so calmly… “When exactly do you think you’re going to learn to receive?” Ahem. Excuse me? What do you mean [...]

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like         similar to; typical of; resembling. like-1     having the same form or characteristics like-2     to find pleasure in; enjoy. So. How exactly do you go from pretty much despising yourself … to actually liking the person you are enough to sit in your own skin? This one? [...]

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I am an absolute crying mess. Sometimes the right thing to do hurts like hell. Okay most times it does. This just may be the hardest blog I have ever written. And if you’re opposed to mushy, sappy, sad, self disclosure … stop reading right now. Because I’m a little bit a lot broken at [...]

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Yanno what? The only thing I have in me tonight are the following statements… I do not have to do everything “right”. It’s okay to not have my shit together all the time. Being human is pretty cool. Rest… when I’m tired. Overextending will get me pissy. I can’t be all things to all people. [...]

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