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... 