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- 3089 Views
- 84 Comments
I heart Maria
FEBRUARY 12, 2010 10:53AM
Topics: open call, buddhism, recovery, burn victims, life lessons, valentine, bravery, endurance, goodness, maria heng
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- 10640 Views
- 100 Comments
Why Gabby Giffords Frustrates Me
NOVEMBER 15, 2011 12:52PM
Topics: yes we all want a feel-good story, language, recovery, putting a spin on it, brain injury
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- 2157 Views
- 110 Comments
Love and Alcohol Collide
SEPTEMBER 13, 2010 7:52AM
Topics: grandfather's love, alocholism, recovery, relapse and recovery, this is the true unembellished story of my maternal grandfather
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- 16758 Views
- 92 Comments
Hi I'm MiMi & I'm an alcoholic (& now I have no friends)
JANUARY 27, 2009 12:20AM
Topics: alcoholic, addiction, alcoholism, drugs, aa, recovery, god, higher power, belief and religion
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- 2593 Views
- 65 Comments
How Many Times I've Wanted to Pull A 'Slater'!
AUGUST 11, 2010 1:54PM
Topics: restraint, common decency, teachable moments, recovery, steven slater, trauma, dissociation, ptsd, excuse me if this comes off as sanctimonious it's not meant to, belief/religion, comedy, i quit!, family, open+call
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- 10137 Views
- 86 Comments
I'm filing a grievance with Blue Shield -- and you can, too!
MARCH 19, 2010 12:36PM
Topics: cancer, chordoma, health, cary tennis, surgery, recovery, blue shield, insurance company, health care
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- 2539 Views
- 68 Comments
The Me I Was (My Response to Jacey Mack's Fat Girl Post)
JANUARY 8, 2009 11:57AM
Topics: being a woman in this freaky society, body image, happiness, growth, recovery, depression, eating disorders
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- 3889 Views
- 43 Comments
Hi I'm MiMi & I'm an alcoholic (& this is how I knew)
JANUARY 30, 2009 1:03AM
Topics: alcoholic, addiction, alcoholism, drugs, aa, recovery, god, higher power, belief and religion
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- 1617 Views
- 48 Comments
Marriage and Evolution
JANUARY 31, 2012 5:26PM
Topics: marriage, relationships change, evolve, stroke, recovery, learning
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- 1816 Views
- 40 Comments
Let go and let guilt
JANUARY 14, 2009 1:19PM
Topics: mental illness, recovery, dysfunction, family
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- 11981 Views
- 54 Comments
Genuine Grief is No Illness.
AUGUST 24, 2010 7:56AM
Topics: grief, sadness, broken heart, recovery, caregiving, listening, zen, compassion
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- 2684 Views
- 57 Comments
dream
APRIL 1, 2010 6:12AM
Topics: scars, self image, body image, joy, maturing, womanhood, injury, burns, recovery, identity, healing
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- 3638 Views
- 66 Comments
Moon Nights Pine Trees
JUNE 10, 2010 12:55AM
Topics: strength, transcending suffering, perfection, love, healing, faith, overcoming, pain, recovery, joy, beauty
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- 911 Views
- 50 Comments
A Very Small Thing. Friday Dec 31, 2010
DECEMBER 31, 2010 9:53PM
Topics: family, children, separation, divorce, recovery, poetry
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- 946 Views
- 28 Comments
My Salute to Libby & Why I'm Finally Happy to be Alive
MARCH 24, 2013 1:45PM
Topics: obamacare, recovery, alcoholism, dysfunction, politics, gossip, feminism, family
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- 1945 Views
- 41 Comments
Quitting Jim
AUGUST 4, 2011 11:01AM
Topics: quitting, alcoholism, codependence, marriage, drinking, recovery, leaving
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- 1736 Views
- 36 Comments
The Horrifying Price of Denial
APRIL 9, 2010 10:20AM
Topics: ben sen's essays, obscession, original sin, aa, alcoholism, catholicism, denial, suicide, recovery
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- 5754 Views
- 60 Comments
50 years old, sober, lonely, and Christmas in a group home
DECEMBER 22, 2009 10:44AM
Topics: mopeds, addiction, clarity, hope, recovery, aa, anger, christmas, despair, loneliness, alcoholism
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- 988 Views
- 56 Comments
Aw(e) and Then Some
MAY 3, 2012 8:31PM
Topics: stories from the past, hit and run, recovery, true tales, take it or leave it, i wrote this straight in this draft box; awesomeness
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- 1306 Views
- 52 Comments
Words On The Page
APRIL 10, 2011 3:54PM
Topics: open call, family, my son, death, grieving, recovery, healing, cleansing, writer's block, life block, i know this reads like a journal entry oh well
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