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Category Archives: Sobriety
In-Between Christmas
Yesterday was the first Christmas morning I have awakened in my own bed in sixteen years. I had planned to sleep in my parents’ bed in the home they lived in for nearly forty years. No one is living in … Continue reading
Posted in Alcoholism, Alzheimer's, Dementia, Elderly Parents, Sobriety
Tagged Alcoholism, Alzheimer's, Assisted Living, Christmas, Death of a sibling, Dementia, Divorce, Elderly Parents, Love, Mid-Life, Sobriety
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Sober Vacation
I have returned from what is becoming a yearly sojourn to the cabin on Lake Superior. This year, I took my twenty-six-year-old niece, daughter of my brother Steve, who died in 2013. She’d never been to the cabin. Her father … Continue reading
Posted in 100 Day Sober Challenge, Canada, Ontario, Sober Vacation, Sobriety
Tagged 100-Day Sober Challenge, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Alzheimer's, Birds, Canada, Chipmunks, Lake Superior, Lake Superior Provincial Park, nature, Nature Photography, Nikon D3200, Ontario, Pancake Bay, Photography, Pinguisibi River, Sand River, Sober Vacation, Sobriety
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Wanted: One Crystal Ball
I’ve spent father’s day weekend looking at assisted living facilities in Austin for my mother. Currently, she lives in Houston, 150 miles from me, and 3 miles from my sister. Last Friday, her AL called me to let me know … Continue reading
Operation Non-Legal Eagle
This bird is lucky. He is not a legal eagle. He is a Bald Eagle. A non-legal eagle. One day, I aspire to emulate this bird; to also not be a legal eagle. I’ve become a bit obsessed about this … Continue reading
Posted in 100 Day Sober Challenge, 4 Percent Rule, Attorney, Bald Eagle, BigLaw, Birding, Birds, Early Retirement, Finance, Finances, Great Bear Rainforest, Lawyer, Nature, Photography, Retirement, Sobriety
Tagged 4 Percent Rule, Attorney, Bald Eagle, BigLaw, Birds, Early Retirement, Finance, Finances, Great Bear Rainforest, Lawyer, nature, Photography
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Living Without Lines
Yesterday I hit Day 120 of booze-free living. Things are beginning to gel. I’m beginning to see the not drinking as part of a bigger picture. Part of the overall goal that I have for my life now that I’m … Continue reading
Posted in Alcoholism, Early Retirement, Finance, Frugality, Sobriety
Tagged Adult Coloring Book, Alcohol, Alcoholism, BigLaw, Colored Pencils, Coloring Book, Coloring for Grownups, Debt, Early Retirement, Finance, Finances, Financial Advice, Freedom, Frugal, Frugality, Index Funds, Morgan Stanley, Retirement, Sobriety, Vanguard
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For Steve
Two years ago today, my brother Steve died of acute myelogenous leukemia at age 52. Three days shy of getting his 90-Day sobriety chip. While the cause of death officially was cancer, in actuality it was alcoholism. The alcohol killed … Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal Rescue, Cats, Death and Grief, Sobriety, Sophie
Tagged 100-Day Sober Challenge, Acute myelogenous leukemia, Acute myeloid leukemia, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal Rescue, animals, cancer, Cats, Death, Death and Grief, Death of a sibling, Sobriety
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Reformed Drinker
I quit smoking cigarettes (for good) eight years ago and became a Reformed Smoker. You know the type: smoking disgusts me and I make no bones about it. I don’t want to be around it, and I if I can … Continue reading
Posted in 100 Day Sober Challenge, Addiction, Alcoholism, Sobriety, Wine
Tagged Alcoholic, Alcoholism, high functioning alcoholic, Reformed Drinker, Reformed Smoker, Sobriety, Wine
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Permission to Stop Drinking
A couple of years back, I wrote a post entitled, “Am I an alcoholic?” I don’t think I am, so I kept drinking. Since then, I’ve googled the hell out of things like: Reasons to quit drinking even if you’re … Continue reading
Posted in 100 Day Sober Challenge, Addiction, Alcoholism, Health, Mid-Life, Sobriety
Tagged Alcoholism, Health, mental-health, Mid-Life, Reasons to quit drinking, Sobriety
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Celebration
Last night, I had trouble figuring out how to celebrate an achievement, if not with alcohol. Today, I bring you the kind of celebration I crave. Nature, celebrating itself.
Have a drink.
Picking up where we left off, the $55 million BigLaw brief from hell was due Monday by 11 pm central time. There were dozens of revisions throughout the week last week and, of course, over the weekend. By 9 pm … Continue reading
Posted in 100 Day Sober Challenge, Alcoholism, BigLaw, Lawyer, Sobriety
Tagged 100-Day Sober Challenge, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Attorney, BigLaw, Lawyer, Sobriety
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