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Recovery & Discovery

Busting the Belief – “Drinking makes me cool”

When I initially decided that I needed to stop drinking, my biggest fear was that I would lose my identity. On Day 2 I wrote in my journal in shaky handwriting: Who am I? Continue reading Busting the Belief – “Drinking makes me cool”

SkyeApril 11, 2021April 10, 20211 Comment
Awareness & Awakening

Thoughts on Thoughts, by a Half-Assed Scientist

I love it when I ‘believe’ things or ‘know’ them to be true in my guts and then find out that science is busy proving the same thing. Continue reading Thoughts on Thoughts, by a Half-Assed Scientist

SkyeApril 2, 2021April 1, 20212 Comments
Recovery & Discovery

Finding Gratitude within Pain and Transformation

I spent March 2020 in my own personal state of emergency. Looking back, I find lessons in this time of pain and transformation. Continue reading Finding Gratitude within Pain and Transformation

SkyeMarch 26, 2021March 26, 20211 Comment
Recovery & Discovery, sobriety

The Dread Pit

It was an underlying sense that something was slipping through my fingers, but I couldn’t quite figure out what. It was a feeling that something else existed in the world that was just outside of my awareness. I was missing it and I needed it, but I couldn’t find it. Continue reading The Dread Pit

SkyeFebruary 20, 2021March 22, 20211 Comment
sobriety

My New Adventure Begins

So here it is – one year later – and this journey of writing has brought me to the doorstep of my next chapter in life. Continue reading My New Adventure Begins

SkyeJanuary 21, 2021March 22, 20216 Comments
Poetry, sobriety

What I Found at the Bottom of Every Bottle I Ever Drank

A poem of struggle and excuses. (It’s never too late for a new beginning.) Continue reading What I Found at the Bottom of Every Bottle I Ever Drank

SkyeJanuary 15, 2021March 22, 20214 Comments
sobriety

Three years ago I decided to quit drinking

I was an alcoholic for over 25 years. During that time I also lived my life like a normal person. Continue reading Three years ago I decided to quit drinking

SkyeJanuary 7, 2021March 22, 20212 Comments
Recovery & Discovery

The Words I Write

I started writing because there were stories inside of me that needed to get out. Old stories, gritty stories, haunting stories. Stories I had spent years drinking into the shadows. Stories that peered up at me in fragile longing, begging to be seen and forgiven. Continue reading The Words I Write

SkyeDecember 19, 2020March 22, 20213 Comments
Awareness & Awakening

But First, Meditate.

Every morning I sit in this space. (Well, most mornings, when I can… sometimes after milks are poured and waffles toasted, jammies pulled over heads and sandwiches wrapped in plastic.) I tuck in around myself and breathe. Continue reading But First, Meditate.

SkyeNovember 10, 2020March 22, 20212 Comments
Poetry

Spirit Guide

This new poem came from the deepest place of connection. It is a very personal description of my reunion with spirit during my recovery journey, and a nod to the divine within us all. Continue reading Spirit Guide

SkyeNovember 10, 2020March 22, 20211 Comment

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