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Nineteen years. Sometimes I say those words and have to sit with them for a minute. Nineteen years in recovery. There was a time when I couldn’t imagine making it 19 days. There were days when getting through the next 19 minutes probably seemed impossible. Yet here I am, 19 years later, living a life that the woman I used…

Thanksgiving kicks off the festival season with high expectations for a cozy and happy time of year. A time for family, friends, giving and gatherings. A time of wide-eyed wonder for children and moms special recipes. It has not always been this way for me. For many years I hid the dark world of my addiction from my family –...

Alcohol and drugs do not mix well with guns. Substances can put you in a state of mind where you are more willing to make poor choices, especially if that drug is alcohol. Once you are impaired the ability to make good choices leaves you and often gives you the excessive confidence (especially at high levels of intoxication) to build up...