by Kathy | Jan 25, 2017 | Addiction, Alcoholism, Bravery, Change, EGCMethod, horses, Introvert, New Beginnings
I told myself that I’d never be able to go on vacation sober. Why would I even want to? I wanted to party and relax by the pool with a cocktail in my hand. I stayed drunk for so many years because I couldn’t envision my life without having a drink. As with so...
by Kathy | Jan 16, 2017 | Addiction, Alcoholism, Change, EGCMethod, New Beginnings
I guess you could even say that my life was like a romance novel. The man in the story, let’s call him Miller (short for Miller Lite) was my addiction, my best friend, my lover. One of my favorite pastimes is reading. When I was drinking the only books I could...
by Kathy | Dec 8, 2016 | Addiction, Alcoholism, Change, New Beginnings, Recovery
Are you facing the holiday season full of fear and anxiety? Are you wishing you could just skip this season and jump to January? I felt this way in my first few years of recovery. I dreaded the season and all its festivities. The holidays can be anything but joyful if...
by Kathy | Nov 4, 2016 | Addiction, Alcoholism, Bravery, Change, New Beginnings, Recovery, rehab
I had no choice. Unless I wanted to die, which I did not, I had to figure out why I drank and how to cope with the feelings that I numbed with alcohol: happy, sad, excited, bored, love, fear. I was in a rehab twice, once for about 7 days, and another for 30. My first...
by Kathy | Oct 8, 2016 | Addiction, Alcoholism, Bravery, Change, EGCMethod, Foals, horses, Neigh #5, New Arrivals, New Beginnings
It has been a big week here at One Neigh at a Time Ranch. It was time to separate our colts from their mamas. Time whizzes by so fast — I can’t believe it has already been six months since our beautiful colts were born on the ranch. After much research and...
by Kathy | Sep 22, 2016 | Addiction, Alcoholism, Change, EGCMethod, horses, Neigh #4, New Beginnings, Personality, Recovery
“You have to color outside of the lines once in a while if you want to make your life a masterpiece.” ~ Albert Einstein Many of us as children were told to stay inside of the lines while coloring a picture. For some kids that was really easy and for some others a...
