Ring ring
My sponsor picks up the phone. “Mark! How are you?” “Not good Larry, not good. It’s just too much. It’s...
Non-Toxic Intoxicants
Hangovers happen in sobriety. I experienced them particularly in early recovery when I was unaccustomed to feeling good without substances....
Connect
Something remarkable happened this week. My baby girl learned to wave—to everything. Trial and error taught her that human beings,...
Faith House
I haven’t posted a poem in a while. Then I discover that April is simultaneously Alcohol Awareness and Poetry Month?...
Fooled into Faith
April fool’s day is said to have begun as far back as 1632 when prison guards in Nantes laughed away...
Give Blood
The gym was shut down for the blood drive. I saw the stations set up at the start of the...
True Purpose, Real Passion
My site has been malfunctioning for two days. My reaction would lead you to think the world ended. In the...
My First Drunk
It is St. Patrick’s Day—my eighth consecutive sober St. Patrick’s Day. But with all the boozing that has been misidentified...
the Miracle of the Mundane
My wife took the kids to her mother’s last night, beginning four nights of bachelor bliss. March madness. Reading books....
Forget the bunny
My toddler at the dinner table gives us that familiar stare. His eyes flash like high-beams, his jaw drops in...
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