If you need me, I’ll be hiding in my bathroom

It's the middle of the day on a weekday, I don't remember why it was that I wasn't at work and my husband was, but for some reason I was home alone.  Well, I was alone except for my dogs.  I was doing normal things that I would do on a day off, laundry and …

A long period of reconstruction

Step 8 of the twelve steps of Alcoholics Anonymous says: "Made a list of all persons we had harmed and became willing to make amends to them all." As I have completed steps six and seven, the time has come for me to begin work on step eight.  After working on step seven for the …

Learning to walk….the talk

One of the gifts of the program of Alcoholics Anonymous is that I get the opportunity to sponsor other women who are walking the same path that I am.  It's truly what they say, one alcoholic helping another.  I knew from the beginning, way before I thought I was ready to be a sponsor, that …

My Word of the Year

I have decided to jump on the Word of the Year bandwagon!  Some of my favorite bloggers have chosen their words for 2015 and I am feeling inspired.  Paul over at Message in a Bottle chose Perseverance, Michele at Mished-Up chose Curious, and Josie at  The Miracle Is Around The Corner chose Energy.   I love …

Cracks in my foundation

  Steps 6 and 7 of the twelve steps of Alcoholics Anonymous say: "Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character." "Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings." Yesterday I met with my sponsor to go over my 6th and 7th step.  This isn't my first go around with the steps, …

Out with the old, in with the new

I love the feeling that comes along with the new year.  It's a feeling of being given a clean slate, an empty canvas, a fresh start.  I don't know why on January 1st it seems easier to let go of the past than any other month of the year, but it does.  For me, the past …