My heart hurts for everyone who is drinking too much and feels they cannot stop. It hurts for the people who’ve had a breakdown in familial relationships due to alcohol. My heart hurts for the parents who’ve realized their mistakes and are trying to change by going alcohol-free, and it hurts for the children whose
When my daughter was seven years old, and my son was two, I picked up a well thumbed paperback at a yard sale called Bradshaw On: The Family. I thought Bradshaw’s book was about parenting strategies, but as I began to read, I was surprised to find that it focused more on his theories of
Simple moments Simple pleasures What is your happy? What do you treasure? For me it’s a lie in Or waking up slowly A cup of tea made for me Crisp winter weather My children’s morning cuddles Snuggled under the covers It’s a chatty phone call from my lovely mother It’s a work meeting cancelled on
I heard of Dry July and Ocsober for the first time four years ago on an Australian website called Hello Sunday Morning. While desperately googling, and thinking, How do I Stop Drinking? Am I an Alcoholic? I stumbled over HSM and began blogging my way dry among others on three-month or twelve-month alcohol-free challenges. I didn’t fit the
