Yeah. Overused topic. But with a twist. Any given night you can be sure that the topic of any 12 step meeting could very well be “gratitude”.  What are you grateful for? blah blah. Now I’m not mocking … for once. This is important. I’ve been to a few meetings on this topic. More like [...]

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Joking around, the only way a truly sassy girl can do, one of my dear friends who happens to be a Judge (literally) commented on a member status or two.  I was engaged in a silly conversation about taking saucy pictures in a bathroom, when I was told about my ‘godlessness’. Now, I’m used to [...]

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Overheard by ignoramus #1 (we’ll call him Henry Hillbilly) “Yeah my neighbor is one of them there drunks in that triple A thing. Always talkin’ bout them meetings and all that bunk. Man he doesn’t need them stupid brain washers.  All he needs is to grow a set. Like me. I drink all the time [...]

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Had a minor epiphany. Lightbulb moment. No I wasn’t listening to Meatloaf. But I could be at any given moment. Okay not really. But that particularly song is sorta cool in a dance and sing your face off kinda way.  Right? Okay. This is going to be short and sweet. Sometimes those are the best [...]

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I don’t let people in. I don’t like women/men. Women are bitches/Only men understand me. Men aren’t emotional enough/Only women understand me. All my friends are of the opposite sex. They just ‘get’ me better. I don’t trust… not even a little bit. I’ve written about this topic at least a hundred different ways but [...]

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I’m not a joiner.  I really don’t think like most people do… never have.  Rarely have I fit in with people “all the way”. Always just a smidge remains hidden to be “acceptable”.  I’m sure lots have felt that way.  Have heard it a time or twenty … I’m ‘unique’.  In the context of drinking/using, [...]

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We in the recovery world talk an awful lot about the progression of the disease. The fall into sickness. The doom and gloom of “what it was like and what happened”.  More often than not, in the thousands of meetings I’ve been to in my recovery lifetime, most ‘leads’ or speaker meetings focus an awful [...]

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Know on this day … That you are enough. You are a member of recovery filled with dignity and grace. You CAN succeed. There is only one you in this world … you are a brilliant spark. No matter what … you are going to be okay. You matter; your voice, your presence, your existence… [...]

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I’ve been gone for a bit, busy with merrymaking and holidays and all that a sober recovery filled season can bring. You know Santa Claus and ho ho ho and festivities with families and being up at 4 AM christmas morning with excited mini ninjas jumping on the bed yelling “CWISTMAS CWISTMAS!!!” *ahem*  Yes. That [...]

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As I sat here … trying to get into my writing ho mojo … which has been lost for the last few days by the way (long story I’m sure will be longer in another post)… I overhear my daughter say “I can’t do this right. I’m so stupid bad. Just a dummy.” WHOA. Hold [...]

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