by sobermom | Mar 30, 2018 | Uncategorized
I heard something really powerful today. A fellow alcoholic shared something that was passed along to him: “Alcohol gave me wings to fly…then it took away the sky.” Just think about that for a few minutes. You may not get that at all. Or it might make perfect sense...
by sobermom | Jul 28, 2016 | Uncategorized
Chicken: noun meaning “coward”. When I drank, I did a really good job keeping everything inside and swallowing my feelings with each gulp of alcohol. The more things that piled up inside, the more difficult it was for me to use my voice. I never wanted to rock the...
by sobermom | Feb 1, 2016 | Uncategorized
Many people are familiar with the concept of alcoholics having to make amends. They may think it’s as simple as going around and apologizing to those people you somehow screwed over or offended (or worse) in your prime drinking days. Not exactly. I thought about how...
by sobermom | Nov 25, 2015 | choice
The looney time of year has arrived. The holidays are upon us. For many, they bring up all kinds of memories—good and bad. For some, there is a struggle to search back into the recesses of our minds to see if we can even find the memories or if they are still...
by sobermom | Aug 11, 2015 | Uncategorized
“If you love something, set it free. If it comes back, it is yours. If it doesn’t, it never was.”—Unknown There is some confusion over the authorship of the quote above. Many attribute it to Richard Bach, a novelist born in 1936, while other say it is from an unknown...
