DREAM*BELIEVE*ACT

I was on Facebook the other day - which is not a regular thing for me - and saw a post from the wife of an alcoholic who said ( to...

Happy Father's Day? It's more a question than a statement in the alcoholic household, isn't it? How do you celebrate a father that isn't...

In case you somehow (I'm not sure how) missed it: Johnny Depp sued his ex-wife Amber Heard for defamation after she wrote an op-ed piece...

I was taking a walk yesterday and it suddenly occurred to me how futile and foolish New Year's Resolutions are. Now, I'm sure we have...

I can't keep pretending, denying, procrastinating, avoiding. Planning. I can't keep PLANNING on leaving! Oh, I have planned so many exits....

Every once in a while... Like tonight. Somehow all the stars will align just right and my family will spend a lovely evening together....

It's nearly 3 am and I am up because I went to bed before 11. I never! go to bed before 11 but I was in such a foul mood, I could barely...

There was a review for my book "The Alcoholic Husband Primer: Survival Tips For The Alcoholic's Wife" that essentially said the book was...

There is a Japanese proverb that says, "First the man takes a drink, then the drink takes the man." When you are the wife of an...

The past long weekend was an ugly one. As long weekends or holidays or just the random Tuesday can be in an alcoholic marriage but this...

A new year. Who among us does not look to it with hope and promise? Yes, it's only a "date on a calendar" but that doesn't make...

Everyone knows the biggies of being married to an alcoholic. "Everyone" as in anyone. As in you don't need to be married to an...

If I could tell an alcoholic one thing... It might seem like there is far, far more than "one thing" to tell an alcoholic and yes, of...

I found out two days ago that my teenage daughter spent the summer DRINKING at a friend's house. There are barely words for my shock and...

Last year a friend of mine opened an art studio in her house. It had been a dream of hers for many years to have a great space where she...

It's been just one week since I decided to face my own addiction - compulsive eating - and I am shocked at the insight and realizations...

Summer is basically over. We are back from family vacation and the start of school looms in front of us. September is closer than not and...