I'm a twenty-three year recovering alcoholic/addict. After my husband and I cleaned up in 1986, we went on to live in Paradise Valley, Arizona and became active in a number of charities. Then Steve left me to return to using drugs and alcohol. It eventually killed him.
In my past articles I've discussed how important it's been for me to stay connected to my spirituality. As you know if you’ve been following me, I tend to drift even though I know exactly how ...
March 4, 2010 - 2:21pm
Here it comes. My birthday. This one’s a real milestone, not because of the number of years I’ve accrued, but because this will be the first birthday I’ve celebrated since 16 that I don’t have a ...
February 19, 2010 - 9:29am
Addicts aren't the only ones who have trouble with expectations. We all struggle with them, whether they are overt or those unspoken. You know the ones. Those landmines we plant to make sure we ...
February 12, 2010 - 4:42pm
One of my resolutions this year is to keep myself on track with my spirituality and God. In the past I'd gotten accustomed to taking the occasional vacation from God. And it cost me, but I always ...
February 12, 2010 - 12:26pm
We are already eight days into 2010. But who’s counting? ME! Time is flying by way too fast! OK so here’s what has been going on.
I am going to give you an update on my New Year’s Resolutions ...
January 8, 2010 - 1:18pm
So, now that you’ve discovered how untruthful you can be, it’s time to take a step into the truth. You can do that by taking responsibility for your own actions, past, present and future.
It’s ...
December 28, 2009 - 9:43am
Another practice I use that helps me keep to the truth is to never lie. That sounds impossible and I’ll admit I’m not one hundred percent successful at it, but that’s what practice means—you keep ...
December 18, 2009 - 1:22pm
The next few columns will be about speaking my truth and what that means to me in my life.
Until I started speaking my truth I never understood what people meant when they said “the truth will ...
December 11, 2009 - 11:26am
Any holiday can be dangerous when you’re in recovery. They can still feel that way to me and I’ve been in recovery for 23 years.
But this time of year is the worst. There are so many ...
November 18, 2009 - 4:20pm
Everyone, in recovery or not, knows how stressful the holidays can be! We all set ourselves up with expectations that can sometimes be impossible to realize. It can certainly be this way for me. I ...
November 11, 2009 - 11:19am
The last forty days of my life have been some of the most stressful I've ever experienced.
Not only did I write and deliver four major talks (to two women's shelters, one 12 step meeting and at ...
October 28, 2009 - 2:31pm
Twenty-three years ago on August 4, 1986 I woke up strung out on Heroin and announced to myself, “I’m done.”
This is after fifteen years using and three stabs at rehab, including a year at ...
September 29, 2009 - 3:30pm
The last forty days of my life have been some of the most stressful I've ever experienced. Not only did I write and deliver four major talks (to two women's shelters, one 12 step meeting and at ...
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