Posts by Mark Goodson

Why I Blog

Five Reasons Why.

Gratitude

Practicing gratitude is not contingent on having a lot or a little. It is just what it says: a practice.

Learning to Want

My late sponsor gave me some good advice. It was several years ago at this point, and with my sponsor...

Happy Place

It’s not only war veterans—my grandfather, Ernest Hemingway, R. Junah—who need to find sanctuary in their own mind. It is a requirement of the human condition.

XII

Celebrating 12 years sober with some thoughts on time.

Punch Drunk Sober

Our newborn daughter gives me a wonderful reminder of how miraculous life can be.

The Ticket

Ever come across an old ticket or document or paper that's become unrecognizable? What if it could talk?

Freedom

I don’t know if the miracle of the mundane, as I am describing it, is impossible without relinquishing total control of the moment. I only know that I’ve never experienced it any other way.

Resolve

One of the beautiful paradoxes in recovery is the resolve that recovering alcoholics and addicts develop over time.

Mocha

All that matters to my son—and what has quickly become the stuff of family summer legend—I said yes.

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