DREAM*BELIEVE*ACT

It's nearly 4 o'clock in the morning and I am hiding in the bathroom of a hotel room while my kids sleep. We are on our way home from a...

Have you ever been talking with someone and suddenly, words come out of your mouth that you didn't even know were in you? Revealing a...

You do deserve more. Even if he stops drinking. Even if he does an inpatient rehab. Even if he goes to AA. Or some other program. Even if...

There is a woman crying somewhere because he's drunk again. And he's in jail. Or he's passed out. Or he just finished calling her vicious...

I remember so clearly the very first night the gravity of my situation hit me. My husband had been in an ugly-drunk mood that evening and...

I think it's fair to say that an alcoholic or addict-husband can ruin a woman's life. I know my alcoholic husband ruined mine. The happy,...

I am in the processing of editing my book, "Leaving 101: How To Prepare To Leave Your Alcoholic Hus band - Even If You're Not Ready To...

I remember many years ago, when I published my first book, "The Alcoholic Husband Primer: Survival Tips For The Alcoholic's Wife," I knew...

I think about this blog a lot even though I obviously don't blog a lot. The truth is I have been struggling with what direction I should...

It's been a long time now, well over ten years, but I can still feel that night as if it had been yesterday. Where I was sitting. The...

Writing a blog doesn't sound hard. In fact, one would not be faulted for thinking, writing is writing - be it a book or a magazine...

Genuine.riend of mine was in town the other day. When we met for lunch, she handed me an envelop full of old photos she had found while...

It's 5 o'clock in the morning and I can't sleep. In about 30 minutes my husband will be getting up to go to work. And when he asks (if he...

I referenced a reader who had contacted me and that message had inspired me to get back to writing. I referred to this reader-friend as...

My plan was to transition away from my first blog - "quietragingwaters" - which was completely alcoholic-centric to this blog. That was...

Not that I was ever lying or going to lie...to me that's always felt like such an odd way to start a conversation with someone, "I'm...

I love that it's February 29. I love it because I will always remember today as The Day I Finally! Figured It out. It being that one...

I got a message from a woman - I'll call her "Susie." Susie described how her alcoholic husband positively desecrated her life -...

How long has it been since I realized my husband is an alcoholic? Well, the sad truth is I knew it within weeks of returning from our...