Complete Abstinence

What is complete abstinence? It is zero slips. It is the act of refraining from my trigger food behaviors and … More

Hooked

pleasure masked danger. tasty tidbits floated before me, to and fro with the ebb of the sea. innocently, I ate … More

Once, there was a Being, our Friend, shining brightly. It frolicked and played, reveled and mourned. It lived – pulsing … More

denial is a bully, an instinctual artist born of fear and anger, eight-limbed, forty fingered, it uses its palette of … More

I went home recently. It was the first time I have ever visited my hometown abstinent and sober. It was … More

Today is day 364 of consistent, continuous abstinence. Day 1. Day 3. Day 46. Day 59. They were all were … More

Fat Tuesday, 2017 I moved to New Orleans with my family in 2014. I never suspected moving to a city … More

One the first blogs I wrote was about surrender — twice . Surrender is integral to working the 12 steps … More

I had my 6 month anniversary on November 4th. It is quite surreal to me that I have been consistently … More

Disguised, you perched Upon the curved husk of a fallen leaf, Faded to brown. You hid by closing your wings, … More