I think we can all agree that our favorite part of sobriety is being hangover free. Waking up in the morning and not feeling like a pile...

Happy New Year! This morning I thought to myself, what am I going to write about for my next blog... Trust me, I am a bottomless pit of...

Yesterday, on Christmas Eve my husband and I made one of those last-minute trips to our *nicer* local grocery store. The town adjacent to...

(Also, trigger warning, this might be triggering! (verbal abuse, descriptions of drinking)) It's a Friday, I'm watching tv trying to...

A word that brings up so many different emotions for me and I'm sure for many of you reading this. Mostly negative emotions such as fear,...

I'm sitting at my car dealership as I'm writing this. I was on my way to work the other day I decided to take a back road instead of the...

Well friends, it's been awhile! The other day I was taking a shower and a thought popped in my head "You should start blogging again" (I...

Expectations are the death of any relationship, including sobriety. Which is kind of like a relationship with yourself? Right? Today was...

Simple title but fitting, I'm back! I thought I was going to post a blog a week ago but, well, life. You might be wondering why I decided...

Let me just set the tone here, the year is 2008, I'm FREE for the weekend (here mom, hold my child!), I'm out on the "town" (we live in...

Okay, I'm just going to say it, being hungover makes you look like shit. You cannot escape that puffy face, red splotches, dull eyes, and...

Oh, friends, first I want to say, I love seeing all the different countries and states (United States) viewing my blog and checking out...

The lights come up, eyes adjust to the new harsh reality that the night's over, the song One More Time by Daft Punk comes on, you think...

Will I ever amount to anything? What if I told you this is a fear that kept me in my drinking for a very long time. "It's too late for...

Do you ever get the feeling that something is too good to be true? You're experiencing overwhelming joy and suddenly you have the thought...

When does that magic moment take place, when we finally realize there's no going back, and that it's okay to not go back? Why do we hold...

I've been asked this. It's embarrassing. "I don't know why, it's really hard, it's everywhere and everyone else can drink" I would...

Being your self can be scary as hell. Seriously. Being authentic and finding out no one "likes" me has always been a fear of mine. As I'm...

Towards the end of my drinking my husband and I had this unnegotiated, unagreed upon, agreement. Actually it was more of a rule I'd make...

This was a hard one for me but completely necessary and essential for my progress in recovery. Bullheaded is an understatement. Sure, I...