DREAM*BELIEVE*ACT

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...

There's something that really bugs me: It's advertisements for "how to write your book" or "how to get your book published." Oh, and the...

Welcome, officially, to my new blog! Though I created it a few weeks ago -and went ahead and published it - it wasn't really quite ready...

Being married to an alcoholic is nothing if it's not an evolution. When I began my first blog, quietragingwaters.com, it was all about...

Welcome. Whether you're hopping over from my original blog - "quietragingwaters.com" or you're completely new to me, I'm so excited to...