Today marks 7 years since I took a year out of my life and travelled around the world. This was the trip that I had dreamed of ever since I…
I've been extremely guarded about who I have told about my alcoholism, in fact other than my husband, no-one in our circles knows that I'm an alcoholic. One thing I…
I've written before about my depression and anxiety, and it's becoming more apparent that in my sobriety, I am a sober alcoholic and have mental health issues. This week I…
5 months sober and I still get cringeworthy flashbacks from my life as a binge drinker and then alcoholic. No matter what the flashbacks are, or when the flashbacks were…
My husband has been interstate for 4 nights this week, and every single day has felt like an eternity. I'm trying to understand whether motherhood is harder sober or if…
I grew up in a wonderful family, but I also grew up quite conflicted because my ambition did not match the ambition (or lack thereof) that my parents had for…
Almost 15 years ago I was in the worst place of my life, I should have been on top of the world, I was in my early twenties, I had…
For days now I have been feeling like a total failure, depressed and anxious in every way possible. Ever since my pulmonary embolism my entire world has been rocked, and…
I've now been sober for almost 5 months and I've also recently suffered my first real health scare. My kids have been pushing me to the limits in every way…
You may have noticed a blogging hiatus from me, you see 4 weeks ago I had my first real life 'adult' health scare, I was diagnosed with a pulmonary embolism.…