by Liz | Apr 7, 2020 | Addict, Alcoholic, but Sober Doesn't, Clean Time, Gratitude, Long-Term Sobriety, Love, Marriage, Online Meetings, Recovery, Relationships, Right Now May Suck, Scared, Sober, Sobriety, Surviving, Things To Do, Uncategorized
Does this Coronavirus quarantine suck for you? You get to say no. Really! Some people LOVE it. I know several people that are on a paid vacation right now. I also know people who are HAPPY to be working instead of stuck at home with nowhere to go. And I’m...
by Liz | Nov 20, 2019 | Addict, Alcoholic, Boundaries in Sobriety, Clean Time, Long-Term Sobriety, Love, Recovering, Recovery, Relapse, Sober, Sobriety, Sponsee, Sponsor, Uncategorized
I just got off the phone with another friend who relapsed. I am crying. She is angry. Angry because she can no longer hide in her addiction? She’s been “busted”? People now know what...
by Liz | Apr 1, 2019 | Birthdays, Clean Time, Long-Term Sobriety, Recovery, Sober, Sober Birthdays, Sobriety, Sponsee, Sponsor, Uncategorized
Sober Birthdays are weird…I just had one two weeks ago. On St. Patrick’s day, of all days! I love the irony of it!It really doesn’t matter how many I’ve had…the APPROACH to each one has been different.Perhaps for some people they arrive...
by Liz | Aug 20, 2018 | Gratitude, nest, Uncategorized
I have the insane blessing of having a corner desk in our back bedroom/office that looks out two windows to our backyard and woods.Just outside one of the windows is a small Asian Pear tree that I have managed not to kill yet. This is partially because I have...