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This Memorial Day weekend, please take time to think about and remember those men and women who have their lives in military service for our great nation. We enjoy the freedoms we have because of their strength, courage, and ultimate sacriface.

Starting Over.

Life has been pretty exciting for me over the last 12 months. I lost my mother in August of last year, I lost a job and got one back, I got Covid and recovered, and I lost a beloved dog. Life wasn’t meant to be smooth sailing. God allows these moments in our lives toContinue reading “Starting Over.”

10 Years…..

Yesterday, I celebrated my 10th year of continuous sobriety. Wish I could say it was 13 years, but I was in and out of the 12-step program quite a bit in the beginning. I just wasn’t committed to the process yet. Then, 10 years ago after back-to-back blackout drinking events I knew it was timeContinue reading “10 Years…..”

Thankful for Sunday Dinners

One of my favorite family traditions is the Sunday family dinner. We still continue it to this day. I have a lot of fond memories growing up having Sunday dinners with my parents, twin sister and my grandmother, my mom’s mom. Today it is with my wife and her oldest daughter and her husband. TheyContinue reading “Thankful for Sunday Dinners”

Thanksgiving 2020

For the next several days, I will be writing about things I am thankful for leading up to Thanksgiving Day. Today, I am thankful to be living in such an awesome country despite all the political strife and social anxiety due to the Covid-19 pandemic. I’m thankful to God for the freedoms I have underContinue reading “Thanksgiving 2020”

Consistency

My dad taught me how to play golf when I was around 13 years old. He taught me everything. First thing he taught me was how to grip the club correctly. Next, the stance. Then the correct way to address the ball with proper form and balance. He then taught me the basics of theContinue reading “Consistency”

My Covid-19 Exerience

Really, seriously…..I thought it was just another dang sinus infection or a summer head cold. I get them all the time. It was late August. My mom had passed away two weeks earlier. I was back to work and started feeling the early sinusitis symptoms coming on. It developed into post nasal drip, a cough,Continue reading “My Covid-19 Exerience”

Lessons I Learned From The 12-Step Recovery Plan

I’m almost 9 1/2 years sober. I started this journey with AA and then, later, carried it on with Celebrate Recovery. AA originated the 12-step recovery plan as we know it today, which has also been modified in other recovery groups. My first attempts at sobriety were not successful, that is, until I got deadlyContinue reading “Lessons I Learned From The 12-Step Recovery Plan”

Another Candle On The Cake

I just celebrated my 54th birthday recently. Hard to believe I’m almost halfway through my 50’s already. Seems like it was only yesterday I was 25 and moved from California to South Carolina. Time has slipped away imperceptibly. Like grains of sand dribbling slowly into the bottom of an hour glass, it’s already half empty.Continue reading “Another Candle On The Cake”

Heavy Topic

I recently lost 27 pounds in about 4 months. Last year, I got in trouble with my doctor after letting my weight go up in the early part of 2019. Actually, this started around the 2018 holiday season. I was surrounded by sweets and a lot of food at work and at home. (My wifeContinue reading “Heavy Topic”