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The Terrible Stories (We Don’t Want To Tell)
“The story you don’t want to tell is the story you have to tell” said a dear friend and mentor, the eighty-six year old author Jill Schary Robinson, shaking her head like a swallow in a birdbath on the screen of the iPhone.
What Is “Doing The Third Step” All About?
What is the third step really about? How can I implement it in my life?
Pride Is About Letting Go Of Our Secrets
Everybody shares at least one secret. And in the LGBTQIA2+ community, we all share a big one.
How Writing Deepened My Healing
Journaling is one of the most liberating forces we have. It’s quite literally at our fingertips. A friend of mine, from whom nurses were struggling to draw blood, asked for a pen. Once she began to write, the veins made themselves available.
When I Don’t Go To My Recovery Meetings
If I don’t go to a 12-step meeting, very soon the tell tale signs emerge.
My Mess is my Message
You can’t spell message without mess. Liberation lies in the honest rendering of everything that we’ve been through. Free of shame, not afraid of judgment. Open-hearted, often provocative, authenticity.