January 2011
4 posts
My will be done
I’m a year in on my quest to hold myself accountable to living my life without the everyday crutch of alcohol, and to learn to use alcohol responsibly. I’ve accomplished the former and made tremendous strides on the latter. I’ve learned a lot about myself, some things I like and lots I don’t. The most important thing I’ve learned is that I whether I drink to excess or...
"Anyone can be replaced"
This one’s hard to write. My wife included that statement as part of her assessment of how my occasional moments of aggressiveness and intensity in making a point to my teenage boy are progressively alienating me from him and the rest of my family, including her. Her assessment also included her questioning what I thought would be left between us after our kids had left the nest, and noting...