I am so sad and tired. I just want to hide all day and sleep. I turned on the fan and left to go bring my son to the store to buy some chips for his choir party. When I came home an hour later it still smelled like smoke and the mess was still there. There is no parenting going on. There is no instruction for these kids and there is no responsibility placed on them to take any action for their messes.

Apologies for not posting for a while! I have been very busy working and enjoying my sober life. I still attend AA meetings, and I have 3 sponsees. I have never felt or looked so healthy.

I have a full time, successful, fulfilling career; I have three sons, aged 18, 14 and 11 and two beautiful border collies. I have drunk for almost all of my adult life; through triumphs, tragedies, success and failure; when I have been happy and relaxed, and when I have been stressed. Wine has been my constant companion. Gaslighting or gas-lighting is a form of manipulation through persistent denial, misdirec.

The only way out is through. 8230;excited to start listening to these! .

A visit from my former self. Follow Eating Disorders on WordPress. Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. Today I reached 150 followers! I feel so blessed, and so appreciative, to be able to share my journey on this blog. Thank you so much to everyone who is interested in walking this path with me! Wishing you all a beautiful day today! .

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What my lapses and relapses have tought me. This is a post for myself to refer back to if I EVER feel like drinking again. If this helps anyone else that is awesome too. A lapse is one night of drinking followed by getting back on the horse the next day.

Exploring the heart of what matters most. And I ended up in the ER on Saturday afternoon. During the worst part of the snowstorm, after talking with an old dear friend-it had been awhile and I thought- yeah, this would be a good time to take my BP. We had laughed a lot. I hate this world! After talking t.