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March 10, 2023

56 ½ things I’ve learned in my lifetime

I have not been blogging much (which I constantly say when I post), however, this post came easily as I’ve lived a lot of life. I […]
January 2, 2023

2023 and what’s your word?

I don’t pick a word.  I tried to do that a few years ago when I was going through my divorce, but I couldn’t be open […]
November 22, 2022

Sunday evening and Elton John

It’s Sunday evening and I am home in bed. I’m listening to Elton John’s farewell tour via Disney streaming, which I’ll cancel in the next day […]
August 1, 2022

5 Common Mindfulness Exercises for Sobriety

This post is a guest post by Joe Gilmore of Renaissance Recovery, and I feel the content is so important.  It was helpful for me to […]
April 29, 2022

She Recovers Miami 2022

As soon as the plane hit the tarmac in Miami, I knew I’d have another spiritual event ahead of me. As a seasoned She Recovers attendee […]
February 24, 2022

Children; You Are Not Alone

EDIT to earlier post; Dianne’s book is a women’s fiction book inspired by true events, not a non-fiction book.  This month’s blog post is a guest […]
January 21, 2022

Why I didn’t get sober until my second DUI

I recently had a conversation with someone at a meeting about how my second DUI saved me and how grateful I am that it literally saved […]
January 3, 2022

Adios 2021 and let’s rejoice for 2022!

As I shuffle into 2022 healthy and happy, I have to give 2021 the props it deserves!  2021 for me was the year of YES! It […]
December 21, 2021

Five ways to stay sober during the Holidays!

With Christmas just a few days away, I wanted to share a post I wrote a few years ago about staying sober during the Holidays and […]
November 1, 2021

To blog or not to blog?

For the past year or so I’ve had writer’s guilt because I’m not writing as much as I’d like to.  It’s been that constant nagging voice […]
August 31, 2021

Practicing Forgiveness: Integrating the 12 Step Program

I’ve had barely any time to write for “me”.  I enrolled in a 7 week grief recovery program (that friend Amy Dresner  told me about) to […]
June 25, 2021

5 Ways Taking a Break from Drinking Can Benefit Your Life!

This post is a guest post from The Hope House in Arizona – I normally don’t do that many guest posts – but I really liked […]
May 11, 2021

17 years

I turn 17 years tomorrow.  May 11, 2004 is my sober date.  Each year I write about this and how the past year has been, and […]
April 21, 2021

Dearly Beloved….

Over the weekend I thought about how I needed to do some blogging – but I got busy with life and playing tour guide for my […]
March 24, 2021

Early sobriety & friendship

“Thoughts on sobriety – It’s no big anniversary, no major milestone but tonight I found myself wallowing in old memories of early sobriety. It doesn’t take […]