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I Can Do Anything – Single Parenting Sober
I’m my early days of sobriety I was struggling. Single parenting sober, trying desperately to meet all the demands of two small children while going through some real Huge emotions, working at a country club and being surrounded by alcohol on a daily basis…I just needed to not be needed. I was feeling overwhelmingly vulnerable…
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Wine o’clock – A Memoir
It’s easy to romanticize drinking, even if you have found that you love being sober. That elegant image of a beautiful woman relaxing with a glass of wine at the end of a long hard day is everywhere. A woman confidently slugging back an entire bottle of wine because she deserves it, is normalized by…
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I Don’t Want Sobriety I Want Wine!
I want some wine tonightI want some stress-free timeI want to feel happy and glitteryI want to remember how to shineI want something that helps meSomething that is mine I DON’T WANT SOBRIETY I WANT WINE! But if I expect all that from alcoholI guess I must be blindArguments, misery, hangovers and illnessAre what I’ll…
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Imperfect
Bringing up kids Who’d have thought The worry and tearsThe fears it brought Terrible twos they said are simply the worst But the teenage years Have made me burst With worry and dread Why isn’t he in his bed What can I do ? It’s half past two . All these milestones They have to passBut that first day at big school will…