Archive for November, 2008
Today, I am thankful for:
my Polish grandmother’s pierogi recipe.
words.
my family, even with all their angst-inducing nuttiness.
my sense of humor, which helps me deal with the above-mentioned family.
my friends, who also help me deal.
my daughters and their exasperatingly, exhilaratingly different personalities.
sprigs of rosemary fresh from my garden.
the lovely aquamarine of the lake just outside my window.
the [...]
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Angel in the unemployment line?
I heard this story (or something like it) at an AA meeting the other day. Back in the day, it was the sort of thing that would have inspired a fair share of derisive eye-rolling on my part. And now? I think maybe it’s a little corny, but a nice enough reminder to count our [...]
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From p. 37 of Alcoholics Anonymous, The Story of How Many Thousands of Men and Women Have Recovered from Alcoholism, Fourth Edition, copyright ©1939 (a.k.a. The Big Book)
Our behavior is as absurd and incomprehensible with respect to the first drink as that of an individual with a passion, say, for jaywalking. He gets a thrill [...]
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Open letter to Opa.
Dear Dad,
You’re coming to visit today, and I’m equal parts happy and anxious.
Your granddaughters, who get to enjoy your company for a few days each year, are giggling and giddy with anticipation. They’ve made a “Welcome Opa” sign, decided which board games you’re going to play and in what order, and have even set aside [...]
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Status quo.
Aside from this blog and Flickr, my other current online self-expression passion is Facebook.
I’m not sure why it surprises me, but I just realized that a healthy (or perhaps unhealthy?) amount of my Friends often have status updates related to drinking.
Behold, a sampling from today:
J. is home, armed with a glass of wine, and ready [...]
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Meet the Boyfriend.
I told B. that I knew I had a drinking problem on our fifth date, a little over two years ago. I was pretty smashed at the time.
I can’t remember his response, but he didn’t seem to mind. I stayed over at his house for the first time that night.
Although we drank a lot together [...]
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Trading vices.
So here I am in the Big Apple on a girls’ weekend, with a mere 30 days of sobriety in the AA program under my belt.
There have been plenty of opportunities to tumble off the wagon, needless to say. I’m here with my best girls – the ones with whom I’ve enjoyed many a good [...]
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