Tag: Stop Drinking Support Community

  • Hard Selling the “Wine Time” Routine is Deadly Business

    Hard Selling the “Wine Time” Routine is Deadly Business

    In honor of Anne Hathaway’s elegant statement on the Ellen Degeneres show that she would not drink until after her son is an adult, not because she claims to be an alcoholic but simply because she wants to be present in his world without the morning after fall out of “not drinking well” , we…

  • Don’t Slip Away……

    Don’t Slip Away……

    This week is the anniversary of my brother’s death. It was 1982, a very long time ago, but my whole perspective on his death changed recently when friends in my on-line community, helped me understand that his death was not a suicide but a drug related accident. It was a quantum shift in my narrative…

  • Time for a Fresh Perspective on Daily Drinking

    Time for a Fresh Perspective on Daily Drinking

    Regardless of whether studies say alcohol is the problem, or the solution, the question to ask yourself is how does drinking make you feel? We drink for pleasure but sometimes the effect causes more pain than it’s worth. Are you ready for a break ?

  • Sobriety is a Portal

    Sobriety is a Portal

    Unlike many people who skulk into their first AA meeting—broken, unraveled, undone, weeping uncontrollably—I fairly waltzed through the door, beaming like the sun. They talk about hitting rock bottom but for me, it was a perfect storm: The decision to live out loud, to be there for my children, to have optimum health, and to…

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