Have you ever thought to yourself—that will never be me—as you walked past someone slumped over at the bar? Dale thought that too. And for a long time, it wasn’t him. Until it was. Today, Dale is sharing his descent into drinking, his rise from it, and how he’s staying sober with This Naked Mind….
You’ve heard it on coffee mugs and decorative wall art: Choose joy. Great idea in theory, but when you’re trying to figure out how to have fun at Christmas without drinking, when drinking is all you’ve known until now, it’s not quite as simple. Or maybe it is. Maybe it’s just that we’ve been looking…
Well, as you know, my Mom was a child of the ’60s and ’70s. I guess. No, I know she was a child of the hippie era. Even up to the last time I spoke to her about 12 or 13 years ago (I think Anthony was in the 5th grade), she had…
After my Mom left me, I have a few scattered memories of me being with her in her house or apartment here and there during my young years. I don’t know if the memories were during certain weekends when I went and visited her or what happened. I am not sure if…
Sometimes when I am either traveling along my morning commute or if I am walking down the street to and from work, I may see someone who reminds me of my older brother Steve. It usually is someone’s blue eyes and dirty blond hair that makes me take a second look wondering if this man…
I don’t remember too much about when my Mom came home or came back to Michigan to find another man and get pregnant. Yes, there are a total of five of us who were birthed by my Mom. Steve is the oldest born in 1973, me 1974, Armando I believe 1978 or…
A couple of months ago my husband said to me, “You share a lot of memories of your Grandpa but never really tell me stories of you Grandma.” It made me think to myself for a minute about why I really didn’t bring up stories of my Grandma. It may be because…
What’s guaranteed to make you feel more awkward than a fifth grader at their first co-ed school dance? It’s not unwrapping that suggestive gift at the white elephant gift exchange. It’s not Aunt Joan asking your significant other once again when you guys are finally going to put a ring on it. And it’s not…
Many of us will struggle with our emotional states at some point in our lives. Frankly, this is all part of the human experience. However, there is a big difference between having emotional downtime and having an emotional breakdown. An emotional breakdown can be devastating and damaging to both the individual experiencing it and the…
One memory I have with softball is the time my Mom came home and of course, she came home with a man. You know, for the life of me I don’t know if I have seen this particular man this time or if it was a different guy. But the memory sticks with me but,…
