I turned 35 and bought a house
Hello, 2018. Last month, I turned 35. I don’t like celebrating or acknowledging my birthday – mostly because of unpleasant birthday memories (i.e. Mom’s drunkenness…
Here come the holidays and I’m not even stressed
Hello, holiday season! Once upon a time, this was a terrible time for me as a child (and then adult) child of an alcoholic. See…
The thing that matters
The thing that matters, now and forever is that you remember this: Your only job in life is to take good care of you. Remembering…
Addiction just took another person in my life and it sucks
In summer 2005, I was a few months into my post-college full-time account coordinator role at a PR firm. I was charged with leading our…
I hate surprises! Here’s evidence of my ACoA Trauma Syndrome
Give me predictability. Stability. A beautiful, detailed plan. And I’ll be a content (adult child of an alcoholic) woman. Yesterday, I spent the day with…
How I became my mother’s mother
My relationship with my alcoholic mother You know those moving, mom-related Hallmark commercials that tug at the heart strings? There’s always a mature mother with…