Life in a photo album
You know those photo albums from yesteryear? The ones where you pasted actual printed out pictures from an actual camera? Where you took the time and care with each picture you took, being extremely intentional with what pictures you were taking and when and how many and then taking the time to put them in these said photo albums for memories? And then going back through that same photo album years later and getting a sense of love and memory of the event all over again? I wa
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Driving in the fast lane…continued
I can’t help but to continue this topic, as it has been on my mind a lot. Several thoughts have consumed me around the ability to drive again. For one, just the freedom in it. Something that most of us just don’t think about on a daily basis if you have never not been able to drive (not had a license and/or vehicle to drive). That freedom is indescribable. And even though I’ve been sober for many years, it almost feels like that same kind of freedom from when I first got sobe
Mar 204 min read
Grace and Perfectionism: How do these go together?
Ahh, the age-old topic of perfectionism, something that I feel like we are hearing more and more about these days. What does it mean and how does it relate to me? Perfectionism: relentless drive for flawlessness, setting excessively high often unattainable standards, and engaging in overly critical self-evaluations. Yes, yes, and more yes. I didn’t know what this word meant when I was a child but boy, did I experience it and continue to ever since. I heard it from everyone ar
Mar 163 min read
Leading by example…does it actually work?
The first book my friend and I read in our book study, was Let Them by Mel Robbins. If you haven’t read it, you should. My counselor and my sponsor tell me I shouldn’t use SHOULD as much (haha), but I WILL highly suggest everyone read it. So, thank you Mel Robbins for your realness, insightfulness, and just all-around knowledge of explaining just how we are as humans…what makes us tick…and some ways to help us be the best self we can be. One of the things that really stuck ou
Mar 144 min read
Waking up today vs then
I woke up the other day (praise God!) with children everywhere. I am still Mama milk cow to our youngest little 10 month-old princess, so she is with me most of the night and during morning wake up time. First thing I know I hear the pitter patter of little feet (our oldest and middle boys- 4 year old and 2 year old) who share their own room, come find me and “sissy” in our master bedroom (side note- truth me told I’m not sure you could call it “master”, its really just anoth
Mar 43 min read
Is this Real Life? Life in the Fast Lane
So, if you don’t know from my previous stories, I lost my driving license in 2015. Technically I had not driven a car since 2013, as my last run in with the law was on a moped. Yes, you read that right…moped. How else was a 24-year-old girl to get around to go get her booze either at the grocery store, ABC store, or frequent water holes with all of her fair-weathered friends? Walk? I think not! But, on that faithful day (night), luck (yes I said luck…more like God) would have
Mar 24 min read
Superhero Courage
Hello again from this Happily Ever Alcoholic. Let me get you updated on my life, as it’s been a while. All the blog posts you see prior to this may look like they were posted in the last week, but really, they are from several years back. I’ve been in the process of having my website revamped by a website wiz and dear friend who I can’t thank enough. Why am I coming back to the blogging scene? The same reason I did to begin with. To get my story out there, to whoever wants to
Feb 204 min read
