How to Stop Playing the Blame Game

The fourth installment in the series of How to Get the Alcoholic Advantage.
Before I had my frontal lobotomy (read: got sober and did a lot of work on myself), one of my favorite coping mechanisms was to blame. Maybe it was my all time favorite, I can’t remember. Those brain cells are dead and gone […]

How You can Call it Curtains on Drama

In part 3 of the series How to Get the Alcoholic Advantage, we look at drama and how it can have you acting off balance.
The Opening Act
I closed my eyes and rubbed my forehead as I listened to him drone on. Would he ever stop? My stomach was starting to knot up at the intensity […]

Hamster Head

No, this is not the name of a new recording group. (At least I don’t think so anyway.) It’s my response to a term that I believe comes from Buddhism, called “Monkey Mind.” This term means the mind that won’t settle down and allow one to meditate. It climbs from thought to thought.
I’m going one […]

Blogging for Human Rights

I would like to post a reminder that May 15th is Blogging for Human Rights Day.
As Caoimhin O’Flute mentions in his post “we must continue in the efforts to publicize China’s human rights violations before the start of the 2008 Olympic Games in August.”
In that regard, he goes on to say that the graphic is “…called “Dancing […]

Awareness equals Responsibility

Do you often think that other people have a more enjoyable job, a more fullfilling relationship or just an all around more successful life than you? Really? Me too! And, I can go on and on thinking about it for days until I just about drive myself crazy. Where is that off switch when a girl needs one?
Even more fascinating(!), […]

Addictions and Awareness

As you may or may not know, I was an alcoholic up until 10 years ago. Recently someone asked me what it was that finally made me give up drinking.
While one might think that this is more a “Duh” moment than an “Ah ha” moment, it was when I realized that alcohol was no […]