Are you actually healing?
Are you healing from healing being an adult child of an alcoholic? How do you know if you are making progress in healing from the…
Letting go of the need to control
I want to control the world. My whole world. Everything in it. But the reality there is very little I can control. I can’t control…
Who am I? Finding yourself // Adult children of alcoholics
Who am I? Nine years ago, I finally got educated about addiction and realized that I’m an adult child of an alcoholic and I had…
5 reasons I don’t drink alcohol
People often ask me if I drink. I speak for myself only on this topic. 1. Substance use disorders and addiction run deep in my…
Life as an adult child of an alcoholic is nothing like I imagined
When I was a kid, teenager, young adult and well into my late 20s, I was wrapped up in my family’s unhealthy, dysfunctional life. My…
Your past does not define your future
When you grow up in a dysfunctional environment, the odds of having a great grownup life are against you. But how you grew up doesn’t…