When You Become the Alcoholic Child of an Alcoholic

7 Things Sobriety Made Me Realize: Year 1

I’m An Empowered Sober Bride

In 68 days I’ll walk down the aisle and say “I do.” Almost a year ago when my best friend proposed to me on…

The Prison Twelve-Step

[This is an excerpt from Lookout for Shorts: A Penetential Odyssey), an often light account of a slacker’s…

“No Pain/No Gain” & other Recovery/AA sayings

04/19/2016

If Tyler D. was your sponsor.

Have you ever seen Fight Club? Have you ever witnessed a 12-step meeting? If you can answer “yes” to both…

The Recovery Diaries

I’m an expat living in Thailand. I recently met a woman named Jean, in her sixties, who was in treatment here for alcoholism. She agreed to be interviewed about her recovery provided I respected her privacy by not disclosing her name.

A ditty about my former relationship with alcohol and the people who saved me.