KATHY'S THOUGHTS
My Romance Novel
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...
The New Year, Are You Ready?
I googled the top New Year resolutions and number one is lose weight. Number 10 was get healthy. In-between those two big resolutions were quit smoking, dress in style more often and listen to my favorite music more. Crazy how we put listen to more music before get...
Missing Tasha
I’ve read that when you sigh, you give yourself a moment of strength, a “you can do this, Kathy,” message. My heart is filled with grief and sadness today. I’ve just said goodbye to my beautiful Daisy dog, Tasha. Only 10 years old and a full 10 pounds, she was my...
Gift of the Heart
Think what it would be like if the holidays went back to the simple giving of our hearts -- our true hearts. Celebrating the season with gifts, whether you make them or purchase them, can be a job. Figuring out who wants what and wrapping the packages with loving...
Celebrating the Joy of Christmas
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...
Taking Care of Sobriety
Thanksgiving. It’s a time set aside when people stop and say thank you. I am filled with so much appreciation for all that I have and all that I am. There was a time when my life was not so wonderful. I was surrounded by people whom I loved and who loved me. The...
The Art of Listening
The process of listening only with your heart is a gift to others and to yourself. Horses have been doing it for ages. They don't understand our words, but they do understand our hearts. During the course of becoming an Equine Gestalt Coach, we worked on the art of...
Divine Spirit
One of my favorite sayings is “BELIEVE! Everything happens for a reason.” The problem is that I don't always understand the reason. One of the hardest things that I have found to write about is my connection with my divine spirit, which I call God. It is such a...
My Experience with 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...
The Ifs …
It so easy to get stuck there. “If only I. . . If only I would have. . .If only I could have. . .If she/he only would have. . . If not for. . .” There are many times when we don’t move forward in our lives, simply because we didn’t change the “if” to I “am” doing, I am going to, I will. The power of words and how we use them can change your life. They did mine.
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