prioritize the prize.

As long as I look at the Steps as chores, my results will vary, and the promises will mutate.  I Continue reading →

wasn’t enough.

That was my biggest fear when I was drinking: That I wasn’t drunk enough to handle basic life events. I Continue reading →

check and check.

Do I need to simply do things, and not necessarily tough things, in order to be validated?  And does cleaning Continue reading →

toys in the addict.

Trust me, these bored games are far beyond your standard massive recall.  Mainly because they’re homemade.  Authentic crazy brain activity Continue reading →

busy as a rock star.

When there’s a full plate of work in front of me, with looming deadlines and limited time, that’s when I Continue reading →

and… action.

I had convinced myself that everything was easier when I was drinking.  And in the world I’d constructed for myself, Continue reading →

filling a hole without making a mound.

It’s my sobriety that allows me to work on being a better person.  Most of my postings deal with acting Continue reading →

the bloody cunning.

Alcohol’s personality is broken down into three factions, something like the Holy Trinity for drunks: cunning, baffling, powerful. The other Continue reading →