The Voices In My Head
After decades of recovery, I didn’t expect them to show up all at once. But they did. And soon I realized they’d brought others along. I was approaching my 35th year of sobriety and was actually looking forward to it. Somehow, every five years or so, it feels like I...
Salted – Part 2
Sixty percent of the Standard American Diet (SAD) is estimated to be composed of processed foods. (That is SAD!) This may sound shocking, but when you realize that 73 percent of the food on grocery store shelves fits into the processed food category, it is less...
With New Eyes
Growing up without wearing glasses, I do remember some friends in early elementary school who wore them—Evelyn, Roger, Freddie, and Freida, to recall a few. No one in my immediate family wore glasses, but when I was ten years old, I remember my mother getting her...