Month: June 2018

Mental Toughness

Last night I had another drinking dream.  It was odd.  I vaguely remember that I was kicked out of a program for drinking and then I went to a liquor store and bought a fifth of vodka, after which I went to my elementary school...

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Trust

They say trust is easy to lose and hard to regain.  In fact, there are many different sayings that have to do with trust and forgiveness: I’ll forgive, but I’ll never forget; you have to trust to be trusted; etc. ...

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Home Sweet Home

I am now out of treatment and back into the real world to begin my recovery.  On one hand it is a scary concept, but one about which I am excited.  At first all I felt was anxiety and nervousness.  Most people would imagine that...

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Reunion

As a follow-up, kind of, from yesterday’s post.  I saw my son today and it wasn’t awkward at all.  We had good conversation, good laughs and we caught up a bit.  I’m happy because he hasn’t checked out...

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Mess of thoughts

So I am out of treatment in about a week and I know I have some anxiety behind it.  I don’t recognize that i feel anxious, I guess because it is hard for me to actually identify what I feel at times, but I know that I have...

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