This is what I have learned from walking through addiction to RECOVERY to my current Whole hearted life. You must be REAL. I am copying this from the 1922 childs book The Velveteen Rabbit and also from the book Daring Greatly by Brene Brown. “Real isn’t how you are made”,said the Skin Horse.”It’s a thing […]

Do not get me wrong..I am not against social drinking..but anyone who is drinking to reduce anxiety or because of social awkwardness (who also has a predisposition for addiction) is walking a very high wire tight rope…with no net below. I was using Alcohol to give me courage ..I thought it made me fascinating..articulate and […]

As an adolescent I suffered from anxiety,I also had acrophobia when left alone in a department store, bus, or subway.  An invitation from a boy on a date filled me with dread..I was horribly shy..just before the young man came to pick me up my chest..neck and cheeks blossomed with huge red hot patches.   […]

p>I was born in 1948..Yes I was a baby boomer. WW11 had just ended and the world economy was also expanding rapidly. My parents came from working class families..But my father was smart and hard-working and as an advertising executive for an up and coming home building business my parents entertained a lot..The bar at […]

How to begin my journey from Alcoholism  and Prescription Drug Addiction to a Whole hearted Life…   I use the word Shame because when I first realized I was an Alcoholic I thought  this to be by far one of the most disgusting things that could befall a human being..OMG I was a Alcoholic…worse still […]