One of the greatest gifts I've received from my recovery program is the ability to manage emotions - especially the kind of emotions tha...

The war on drugs... don't they remember about prohibition? They focused on solving the problems with the effects of alcohol on humans b...

I'm reading something that makes a distinction between emotions and impulses. Good! Impulsive behavior is always a disaster in my expe...

What we all want most is to be loved and accepted. Somehow we get all twisted up and refuse to love and accept until the other person loves...

I'm at the beginning of another class for recovering people based on the second book by Earnie Larson, Stage II Relationships. I'm ...

What a great time I had last weekend. I drove to Dallas to visit my daughter's family. Friday night was a graduation party for my middle...

Here it is about two weeks since I've written here. As I've said before I don't write when I feel lousy. I think I should but ...

It's the one thing I can't explain about 12 Step meetings - the magic. I have a friend that calls it angel dust that falls on us f...

Another of my old poems: I liked it when it was simple I just wanted to get what I wanted I usually didn't get it but it was SO simple N...

"I will rest from my thoughts. I will give my attention wholly to the present. Therein will come solutions, and when least expected....

I went with my son-in-law's mother to Dallas to help celebrate my son-in-law's 50th birthday. It was a great weekend and a great par...

I hate writing when I feel crummy. I have been feeling crummy. And I've been feeling crummy for no particular reason which usually mea...

Another amazing dream that made me wake up laughing: I dreamed that I found a green flying bug - about 4 inches from wing tip to wing tip. I...

Creole word meaning "a little bit extra." Pronounced "lanyap." A new word for me. However, it seems that everyone I know...

This is a very special day because Ron and I went to Eureka Springs on April Fools Day in 1986 to get our marriage license and decide where ...

If you haven't already, you will lose someone you can't live without, and your heart will be badly broken, and you never completely ...

Here we are - reunited after 30 years... My first husband's brother, Sam, who is a great guy and was a great kid, plus my daughter, Liz,...

When I take time to play, to laugh, and to enjoy. I am taking care of myself and giving My Higher Power some room to take care of the rest. ...

There is nothing unenlightened about crying over the tragedy of human suffering; perhaps what is neurotic is how infrequently we do. Marian...

Every time I start to do an update on my journey, I resist. I would rather just live day to day and not take an overall look at where I am. ...