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50 Things I Love About Sobriety (Don’t Even Get Me Started…)

  Yes, I love just about everything associated with sobriety (even though, being a grownup can be a little difficult at timesโ€ฆ). Let me count the ways. I love: The mornings My hair, nails and skin Having a memory Not being afraid or regretful of what I rememberโ€ฆ The free time No bags under my […]

A Clean, Well-Lighted Sanford House

  For some reason, whenever I look back on my first visit to Sanford House, I am reminded of the Hemingway short story โ€œA Clean, Well-Lighted Place.โ€ Which is weird when you think about it, because Iโ€™m not an old, deaf man and Sanford House is not a cafรฉ and I no longer drink brandy […]

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Eating Disorders โ€“ The Mean Girls of Addiction

  After more than two years of sobriety, I still find myself qualifying my addiction. Iโ€™ll read someoneโ€™s biography and think to myself, โ€œGod, at least I didnโ€™t drink my perfume.โ€ As if guzzling the Chanel Number 5 is somehow worse than plucking a dead fly out of a glass of Chardonnay and taking a […]

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