What Recovery Has Taught Me About Acceptance

There are no two ways about it, we all have things that we wish we could change. I think this is especially true of those of us who are in recovery. We wish we could change the past, things we said or did, or we wish we could change our current circumstances, progress, or feelings. …

Expect Less, Accept More

The last week and a half has gone nothing like I had planned. I had meetings scheduled, some training for a group that I am a part of, and a new art class that I am attending. I had plans to be busy, but busy with the things I love to do...the things that feed …

Christmas Eve, interrupted…but only briefly

Today I'm feeling sad.  'Tis the season, I guess.  I had one of those ugly, tears-and-snot filled meltdowns this morning.  I'm happy that I made it all the way until Christmas Eve to do it this year, but I was really hoping to avoid it completely.  I miss my daughter terribly, and, actually, I even …

Living in a ghost town (Part 3)

Wow.  I can't believe how long I have waited to write this post!  It's been over 3 weeks since I wrote Part 2, which was about my daughter.  Writing that post brought up a lot of sadness and grief.  That, coupled with long hours at work for the past few weeks, forced me to take …

“Expectations are the root of all heartache” ~William Shakespeare

That's how it works, isn't it?  Whenever I have an expectation, and it doesn't turn out like I want it to or like I think it should, I get angry. Instant resentment. And you know what? I know better. I have been in recovery long enough to know the sayings about expectations (like the one …

240 Days

Today I made 8 months sober. I posted this morning on my Facebook page that these past 8 months have been the best I've had in a long, long time, and that they have, by far, been my best months of sobriety. This isn't the first time that I have had this many days, but …

It is what it is

Ugh.  Today sucked.  A lot.  As I said in an earlier post, I have been feeling overwhelmed at work.  Today that overwhelming feeling got multiplied by a thousand, and a good amount of frustration was added in.  The story is a pretty boring one, typical behavior of any large company.  The corporate office made a decision …