April Sucked

It’s been almost a month since the death of my wife.  That was, and is, hard to deal with but I’m doing better now.  Not that I was given much time to just sit down and grieve. There was a lot of things that needed to be taken care of with banks and other institutions.  [...]

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The End Has Come

I decided to stop living in fear and apprehension.  In fact I took my own advice and moved out.  Unfortunately, things are going to be pretty tough for the first month or so. On the other hand, it’s awfully nice to not have to worry about being yelled at, insulted, having my stuff broken, and [...]

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The First Step of a Difficult Staircase

The other night I had an epiphany.  I was at my Al-Anon meeting and I was staring at the sheet with the “12 Steps” printed on it.  I was listening to what the person was talking, but my eye was constantly moving up to step #1, even though everyone else was talking about a different [...]

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Reward Yourself

Zen Listener makes an observation Just a quick observation.  More of a question, really. Have any of you tallied up how much money you’re saving (or would save) by not buying alcohol?  It really adds up.  I was going over my budget today (I’m still looking to buy me that gift) and I noticed that, [...]

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