Sobriety, Depression, and Answered Prayers

It's been a while! I haven't updated my blog for quite a long time, for various reasons. Yes, I am still sober. No, I have not been going to very many meetings in the last year or so. That's not because I am no longer focused on my recovery, I am. I've just found that …

The Day After

Well, I made it through Christmas.  It has been a crazy month, with lots of ups and downs.  I haven't written for a while, partly because it's been a busy month, partly because I haven't felt like it.  In the weeks leading up to Christmas, I suffered through some days of depression and self-pity.  As …

Dance, anyone?

Recently, I have had to deal with a family member that has always brought out the worst in me, pushed all my buttons, and has been able to make me feel completely inadequate and unloved since my teenage years. This family member contacted me about a week and a half ago via text, and because …

Please don’t tell…

I had planned to blog about humility tonight, and how it seems to escape me so much of the time.  But then this afternoon at work I got into a conversation with a friend about family secrets.  The conversation only lasted a few minutes, because work is unbelievably overwhelming right now, but it really left …