The Function of Dysfunction
How many times have I said to myself you need to let that go? I have told myself, actually berated myself is probably the more accurate...
Recovery: The Musical
Recovery Through Music and Poetry Loss is something everyone will go through in many different forms. The loss of a friend, family...
Accepting Acceptance
There have probably been dozens maybe hundreds of things I have read on Acceptance and they have all been fabulous, some even quotable,...
Eating The Monster
Recovery was not my first choice. Not in the beginning. I didn't choose the disease either but I was going to be damned if every choice...
Sick Secrets
Secrets. Secrets have been dangerous things in my life and at the same time I have been an incredibly safe confidence keeper. If someone...
The Dude
I was physically shaking. I could hardly breathe. My vision was blurred. I felt consumed and as though I was drunk with alcohol. Funny...
Becoming the Lightbringer
What does it mean to be a scapegoat? I mean most of us get the term. That's the person we point the finger at when stuff goes bad, that's...
Connection
My daughter drew her first and last breaths on November 12, 2007. Up and through the 32 weeks and 2 hours of her life I went through...
Let Go
"Just let it go." Probably the phrase I beat myself up with most throughout the years or would cut people off with before they could...