sobriety.revelations.reckoning
I’ve been battling mine lately. Or, more aptly, they’ve been kicking my ass as I bleed out on the floor. I took a job offer I knew wouldn’t work and had to back out. I eagerly jumped off the wagon, even though booze and smokes offer no solace at all anymore. Everyone who cares about […]
You’re probably familiar with the Native American fable: an elder was speaking to his grandson about the fight we all have inside of us; good and evil. Two hungry wolves square off; or an Americanized angel on one shoulder, devil perched on the other. So who wins? The one you feed. I watched a movie […]
I’ve never had a problem jumping. Making impulsive decisions. Driving 4 hours to the beach on a random Tuesday. Swan diving off of a six story bridge into water in winter. Moving countless times. But I’ve noticed, in the last decade, decisions have become harder, more labor intensive, to make. And I don’t think that’s […]
Have you heard about the FL red tide? I live on that water and there are currently hundreds of dead, rotting, bloated fish washed up in the inlet. You literally cannot breathe outside after 10am. It’s beyond unhealthy and there is no end in sight. The media is downplaying it hardcore (the opposite of histrionic […]
You ever have one of those days that just sucks from the minute you open your eyes? Me too. Thursday, July 1st was one. One year and one day after I hit a year sober and cigarette free. I was leaving on a road trip to MD, IN and TN to visit my fam and […]
I’m so lucky. I get to do that endless back and forth thing with a huge life decision…again. For the 4th time in what feels like just a few months. I applied to a job 2980 miles away. Figuring that it would be a few weeks until I heard back. Then, an additional week or […]
Promising Young Woman should be required viewing for everyone ages 10-13. Immediately. That might be too late for some boys considering the average age for discovering porn is now 8. Watching this film was bittersweet. See, I grew up thinking most men were good. Parents-I’m begging you-do not teach your daughters this. You’re doing them […]
I did not win the biological father lottery. But I got lucky with my second dad, Steve. We lost him 4/2020 to COVID complications after battling Lowy-body dementia for 6 years. Waking up from a major heart surgery in 2014, he gradually became more disoriented, confused, physically infirm and aggressive. Months passed, he got worse, […]
When you hear that word does it have negative or positive connotations? Escape can mean so many things. I’ve been listening to a lot of Joe Dispenza lately, as I’m riding the trail, trying to absorb the idea that our thoughts create our reality. Did you know that 90% of thoughts we have in any […]
Before my friend Steve overdosed (thanks fentanyl) he had been in and out of the program for a decade. The last stretch was 18 months and he was immersing himself in the safety and support of the community; going straight from his 5th rehab to a halfway house and on to room with other sober […]
