Memorial Day 2017 was my rock bottom. Not to be confused with the Day I finally stopped drinking. That would come ½ year or more later.    Memorial Day Weekend has been an evolution in my sobriety and overall personal growth.    You can read more about Memorial Day’s past here, here, here, an...

My Social Media Experiment was to stop using Instagram and Facebook for business for 7 weeks. What happened was not what I expected.  For the record, I think it's great to take break from things. All things. Change is necessary from all things to grow and evolve. If you unplug for anything you...

I used to be gone drinking every Memorial Day. It was tradition. I was pretending to have so much fun in pools and boats. Some of it was fun. Some of it was not. I am not faulting the company that I was in. I thank the hosts so much for their generosity. The problem wasn’t with them, the problem ...

I was talking with a client last week and she mentioned the weekend might be hard.    Why?    Because it’s Labor Day, a three day holiday weekend, and the end of summer.   It hit me that I hadn’t even thought about that.    I did have a trip out of town for my Aunt’s Funeral services at t...

Memorial Day 2017: It is the last day of my hometown pool party. I am so excited to be with my family, my best friends, and my mom all at the same time. This never happens, so I am thrilled. When my mom arrives I want to show her how fun it is at my friends’ pool house. I want her to be comforta...

Memorial Day Weekend two years ago had me passed out at a party in the middle of the day, disappointing pretty much everyone I care about all at once. Nice job Heather! I embarrassed myself. I worried everyone I love. I will never know the damage this scene did to my kids and that will never ...

Rock Bottom. Reading other people’s stories helped me immensely in my recovery. Stories continue to inspire me. If my story can help one person, than that will be enough. It will be worth it, to have written down the truth of rock bottom. I am so scared to share, but if just one person in th...