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May 11, 2021
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
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
“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 […]
February 23, 2021
This post is a guest post from Courtney Leonard, another sober momma, blogger and recovery advocate! She started her blog in 2016, shortly after getting sober […]
January 28, 2021
When I walked into my very first 12 step meeting, I sat in the back and had my head down the whole time. I didn’t want […]
December 14, 2020
The shit we don’t post on Facebook. It’s been over a year since my husband, now ex-husband moved out of our home and I can tell […]
November 5, 2020
Today is Election Day 2020, and it’s also my Father’s 80th Bday. Dad passed away almost two years ago and some days it’s still tough to […]
September 30, 2020
March 21st. It was the day my divorce was final. I was married to my husband for eight years and we were together for 10. He […]
August 19, 2020
I have many excuses; writer’s block, COVID, malaise, post-divorce blues, I moved, my career is crazy busy, blah blah blah. Mainly I’ve been in a funk. […]
May 10, 2020
Today is Mother’s Day, and it’s the first Momma’s Day, since my own passed in 2012, that I’m feeling blessed and grateful and not sad and […]
April 6, 2020
I awoke Saturday morning at 6.45 am for my 7.30 Zoom meeting. It’s one of my normal weekly meetings. It’s called Surf Dogs, and it’s been […]
March 9, 2020
Thank goodness we are in March. January and February were the worst months of my life. Pretty dramatic statement huh? Well, that’s how it felt. Combined, […]
January 30, 2020
I wrote this over the New Year break and it took a little time for me to be okay posting it, but it’s where my head […]
January 5, 2020
I’ve been having a rough time during the Holidays and every time I sit down to write about it – I can’t. I’m just in a […]
December 20, 2019
I wrote this a couple of years ago and it still resonates with me today! The holidays are tough, especially when we are newly sober […]