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 | Feb 4, 2020 | Addict, Alcoholic, Boundaries in Sobriety, Brain, Clean Time, Drugs, Insulin, Long-Term Sobriety, Meds, Meetings, Pancreas, Recovery, Relapse, Sober, Sober in Recovery, Sobriety, Sponsee, Sponsor, Third Tradition
So, pot is legal where I live now. Ugh. Now, I am meeting people in recovery who smoke pot on a daily basis and say they are sober. This leaves me feeling… I am now officially “old school” and considered an “old timer” in this...
by Liz | Oct 2, 2018 | Groups, Meetings, Online Meetings, Politics, Recovery, Tenth Tradition
Oh crap…the Midterm elections are approaching… But wait… I’m not supposed to talk about that. Not HERE. This site is about RECOVERY…NOT politics. Yep, that’s right folks. Politics has no place here. Correct? Well, that’s...
by Liz | Oct 1, 2018 | Groups, Making Shit Up, Meetings, People Pleaser, Recovery, S***, Shit
Throughout my life, in different (not all) situations, when I have been in fear, and did not know what the hell other people were thinking or doing, I have had a little bit of a tendency (a wee bit), if you will, to MAKE SHIT UP IN MY HEAD regarding those situations....
by Liz | Sep 17, 2018 | Conventions, Groups, It's a She Thang, Meetings, Online Meetings, Recovery, Women
I just returned from the 19th Annual “It’s a She Thang” convention in Seaside, Oregon yesterday. The ladies who organized the event did an amazing job, as usual! Great decorations, great speakers, and 500+ women with varying “ages” of...
