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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...

Creative people are rather vulnerable beings when it comes to their craft of choice. Be it actors, dancers, artists, writers - when you...

I am going to tell you The most private and personal thing I have EVER shared. It's not easy. It feels embarrassing and raw but I feel...

I always feel so self conscious when I write about how I am "really" ready to finally make the focused and determined effort required to...

I started blogging because when I first realized the Beast my husband's alcoholism is, I felt there was no raw, honest place for me to...

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,...