Tag: Ryan

  • Addiction and Sobriety – Once Upon a Time and Happily Ever After

    Addiction and Sobriety – Once Upon a Time and Happily Ever After

    There is no irony. It is simple. I don’t drink and I feel better, for I have escaped my prison. I celebrate that the tragedies I created have ended. I revel in my sobriety both morning and night.

  • Just Say NO…

    Just Say NO…

    Just don’t. It’s as simple as that – say no to alcohol Nothing to it really. It all boils down to that single act. Don’t do it. Particularly when you know you shouldn’t or really don’t want to. The problem is, that we face the Nike advertising syndrome; JUST DO IT! In today’s marketing world…

  • Overwhelming

    Overwhelming

    Clouds have gathered, grey and looming.Across the sky above my home.Reaching from horizon’s dawnTo sunset’s edge and far beyond. A vast and tearful weeping haze,Misting fall a shrouding clothUpon the landscape of my seeingThere beyond my window frame. Yet still are shadows cast and fallingDarker there within the dim.Faint memories of brighter daysWhen shone a…

  • Flowing Through the Seasons

    Flowing Through the Seasons

    These are the seasons of living each with their own challenge or advantage. To somehow deny or ignore them is to cease being alive. To pass through them unaware or distant is to be absent from life. This is why I do not drink. I choose to be present and alive to experience all that…

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