Could it be a moment of clarity?

I don’t know if today will be my “Day 1”, but have a different feeling today and am going to try and embrace it. I had a pretty good day, got off work early, came home and exercised and then got ready to go out to dinner with my youngest son and husband before we…

And again…no surprise.

Just posting because I can and need to. I feel like I have all the tools that will fit into the biggest toolbox, yet it’s not working for me, I am drinking tonight. I just read a book that really hit me hard, made me feel a bit less crazy and a bit like I…

Day 2 of 30. What works? What doesn’t?

Day 2, ending soberly (yay)….with help from friends (yes, you), I am okay today. I am noticing there are a lot of people (aside from me, the queen of day 1’s) that have numerous day 1’s…and tend to fall off the blogs/facebook/posts/whatever….because they (as I have felt, probably, feel they have failed one too many…

Day 1 of 30.

Today I begin a 30 day quest for sobriety that will hopefully just be propelled from there. I have new supports that I am so grateful for (you know who you are) and intend to do something….the one thing, I have never done before. That is to reach out and stay connected especially when I…

Why is it Scary????

So, day 3. Why is living without a depressant (alcohol) scary? Why do we feel our lives deserve better? Some do deserve better, I truly believe that. I think some people really get a bad deck of cards and really deserve SO much better. Not me. I grew up in a middle class family (who…