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On April 16th, I had my first drink in 106 days. There is no regret. It was done in moderation. My first beer was consumed in the presence of others (socially distant, of course). I had said that once I got to 100 days (which did change form my original plan to re-evaluate at the […]

April 9th was day 100! I am beyond excited and extremely proud. This is something I have not done in my entire adult life. Honestly, when I think of college, post college, the years where everyone got married, had babies, celebrated baptisms and first birthdays, I always celebrated with alcohol. There is this event, that […]

Good Sunday morning to you all. How is everyone doing with the quarantine? How are you feeling? What has been the most challenging? Are you celebrating victories? I would love to hear what you are going through. I know we are all managing jobs shifting, homeschooling, a sense of uneasiness without know how long all […]

It was the spring of 2015 when I first started to question whether or not I had a problem with alcohol. At the time, I was training for my first Ironman event and I remember having to do long runs and bike rides on the weekends, but still felt a NEED to show up as […]

Our family went away over the holiday weekend. We have done this trip for the last 5 years and the time has been filled with fond memories. I know these trips will be remembered as the “good old days” in the coming years. The experience includes: good friends, great food, copious amounts of alcohol for […]

Last summer, when I began to really examine my relationship with beer, wine, mojitos and margaritas, I had been stalking some sobriety sites. Many folks posted pictures of celebrating different milestones. For some reason, I never really understood the whole “hooray for 30 days” or “I made it 100 days.” Honestly, I was quite annoyed […]

“You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.” -Margaret Thatcher Hi dear friends. For those that are doing “Dry January”, how do you feel? Is it a piece of cake? Is it harder than you thought? I would honestly love to hear from you. January has been going along well […]

Happy 2020! I hope the holidays were good to you and your loved ones. May this new year and decade be off to a healthy start. Last week, I had the privilege of meeting with a group of women led by therapist to discuss the book, “Can I Keep Drinking?” by Cyndi Turner. This sober […]

This past weekend, I had the pleasure of participating in a running event with some girlfriends. Over the last several months, I had been working towards achieving a particular time goal. With the help of a selfless friend (meaning she ran the race with me and while she could have gone much faster, she chose […]

“Truth is like the sun. You can shut it out for a time, but it ain’t going away.” -Elvis Presley Well hello friends. It sure has been some time since I have posted anything on social media or written a blog post. I will give you one guess as to why I have been so […]