Day 253 Lazy Lazy Jane

There's a dental procedure called Open and Medicate. It's a procedure performed on an infected tooth. The patient walks, or limps (yes, people sometimes limp their teeth hurt so bad), into the office, has the procedure, and leaves their pain behind. A temporary measure that gives the tooth a chance to calm down before a root canal …

Day 214 The View From the Top

Weddings are awesome. Weddings are beautiful and happy and joyous. They give you a reason to buy a new dress and a reason to stop and reflect on people you (hopefully) love to pieces. It's a day for a bride and groom to shine. A reason to pawn your children off on someone else while …

207 Days

207 days and I still haven't come up with a good enough reason to drink. Last Saturday night I went to my mom's bachelorette party. I was sitting there with 6 of her oldest friends, most of whom have been friends since they were kids, and my mom's friend asked why I wasn't drinking. Now, …

Day 118 Cranium Break

I had a wonderful Christmas this year! It was my third sober Christmas, so it wasn't a new thing, and I really feel that I've hit a sober stride. I'm not newly on the wagon (last year), or pregnant (2014), I'm just sober and enjoying it. I have been swamped at work for a while, …

Day 104

Drinking is a conundrum. Rather, my drinking was a conundrum. On the one hand, I functioned well and I had my issue tucked away neatly where hardly anyone could see it. Hardly anyone knew it was a constant source of obsession and pain. I'd enter into a conversation about drinking with extreme measure. I'd make sure …

83 Days

Thanksgiving tomorrow. What am I most thankful for? My daughter. She is my whole entire world and I love her more than I ever knew I was capable of loving any living thing. She is truly the light in my life and I could breath her in every second of every day and still, it …

70 Dias

I recently turned 33. For my birthday, I received 2 bottles of wine and a really nice bottle of whiskey. I really am appreciative people thought of me, and I know these are very standard gifts, but I can only cook so much Beef Burgundy with the wine. Whiskey is being regifted to my dad, …

Day 66

One time, about 4 years ago, pre-kid, pre-husband, I was invited to a party. The party was fun, I drank more than most people, quietly, and nothing eventful happened. The party included a guest, Lisa. Lisa drank like me. We would see each other at events like this occasionally, and on most of those occasions, …

61 days, 9hrs, 34 min

I downloaded a sobriety clock about two weeks ago, and it is now my go-to for counting how many days have passed since September 1st. In the early days I knew without looking how many days it was. (Okay, truth - this was a big reason I picked September 1st. That first month was so easy …

Day 59

Alcohol is so annoying. This afternoon I watched a mom of a two month old suck down a bottle of wine, claiming "you would do the same if you had two under two!" Excuse me while I unstick my eyeballs from where they have stuck in the upwards position. She asked me a couple questions …