My best clean date anniversary yet!
My clean date is March 3, 1995. How I mark that day has changed a lot over the years. In the beginning, I did it the way it was suggested back then — seven meetings in seven days. I’d pick up a chip, share…
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My Big Adventure
Well, it’s here. I will be boarding my flight to Athens in 28 hours and after that on to Rhodes. I honestly can’t believe it is here. I started planning this trip what feels like ages ago. This is going to be a very different…
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I Guess This Is Good-Bye
Last night, I learned you had passed away. We met when I was brand new in recovery, and you already had eight years — a lifetime to me at the time. You welcomed me with kindness and that quirky sense of humor only you had.…
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A Year Ago Today I ______________.
A year ago, June 30, 2025, I retired from the full-time job I had for 14 years. I walked away from something I committed to with every fiber of my being. While I knew nothing about software when I started, I worked hard to become…
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Can’t we all just get along?
Dear John, I doubt you will ever see this since you blocked me yesterday after I accidentally sent you a message that didn’t align with your political views. When you sent me the note yesterday to never contact you again, I was frankly in shock.…
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I’m doing better than I am feeling
I’ve been in a funk. Starting a new business, putting myself out there to build a network of women to hang out with along with changing habits to live healthier. After all my years of travel, I find myself knowing tons of people but not…
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What’s the Worst Thing That Can Happen?
*** I am so grateful for being my father’s daughter in that I have never met a stranger. This gift, and it truly is a gift, has served me my entire life, even when I didn’t realize. Rather than being scared of personal rejection (which…
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I’m Finally a Human Being
Many years ago I was attending a Narcotics Anonymous convention. On Sunday morning while packing to go home, I asked myself who I knew better today than Friday when I arrived and the answer was nobody. The truth is that no matter what I was…
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Doing It My Way
I want to share how I am choosing to travel because sometimes we need to give ourselves permission to do what’s right for us and not what most other people do. I’m currently in Florence for 9 days. The only things I have booked are…
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Jealousy and Envy Blinded Me
My parents died when I was 21 & 26. I was never taught how to process emotions, only how to hide them. My feelings came out in all kinds of self-destructive ways; jealousy, addiction, anger. I didn’t even know it was happening. Years later I…
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