February 18th, 2020 I stopped drinking alcohol. March 15th, 2021 – Reflections Of Year One As I sit here, sipping my morning coffee, I think back over my first year of living alcohol free. There were many, many times I wanted to drink. Taking CBD for anxiety, helped reduce my cravings. Attending Alcoholics Anonymous meetings…
Category: The Four Aspects – Moments Along This Lifetime Path
Loneliness
Loneliness is difficult to define. It can have many meanings, subjective for each person who feels it. At this time, my experience with loneliness is learning to be emotionally self-sufficient; a transition from reaching outside of myself for comfort to learning to reach within, and comfort myself. I’m very aware I’m in the midst of…
Red Dragonfly
As I tended our garden, a red dragonfly stop by for a visit! This little fella didn’t seem to mind modeling for me while I took many pictures, hoping to capture a few good ones! iPhones are handy as cameras – but zoom quality isn’t the best. Yet, at times, I didn’t have to zoom…
Be Your Own Hero
Flashback To September 1997 I was 27 years old when I first realized I had to be the hero in my life story. This profound realization happened during my 28 day stay in a program for addictions. During the cool down after an aerobics class, the instructor Marina played the song Hero by Mariah Caray….
Phoenix Rising From A Restorative Circle
This tattoo was born out of freedom. Freedom manifested from having space. Space to hear my inner voice more clearly while spending 2 months (and continuing), in solitude on the West Coast of Canada, on Vancouver Island. We all carry pain. Healing from this pain takes the courage to step into it, give this pain…
The Art of Stillness Within: Learning To “Just Be” With Myself
June, 2019 my husband and I repatriated back to Canada. Since then, a lot has happened. So much so, I recaptured the events of the entire year in a blog I wrote a few months ago, on my 51st birthday! Click on the link below to read about it: Today is my 51st Birthday! Reflections…
Personal Development – Living Alcohol Free – Day 78
February 18, 2020 February 18, 2020 is the day I stopped drinking alcohol. This isn’t a first for me. I’ve a history with struggles of alcohol addiction. Life is Good Life truly is better without alcohol. I feel healthier. I have more energy. My face isn’t puffy. My belly isn’t bloated. My heartburn is gone….
Personal Development – A Wild Woman Redefined? Absolutely!
Introduction Time on My Hands My OYNB blog talks about drinking wine after work and on the weekends. I had an itch after I published that blog, that I had left something out – something was missing. It was later in the day I realized what it was. I became very aware of the time…