I thought St. Patrick’s Day was my favorite holiday.  I look good in green. I like corned beef. I was raised on beer. One look at me and you would swear I was a jolly Irish soul.    I am 5 years sober.    After decades of drunken shenanigans involving day drinking and green beer, it turns o...

At four years sober, looking back I can see how my whole life revolved around alcohol.    St. Paddy’s Day is, of course, a huge drinking holiday. All I needed in the past was alcohol to make it a success.   So much so, that it was my first night  out just 6 weeks after my first daughter was b...

I love St. Paddy’s Day!  Leprechauns and rainbows.  Parades and debauchery.  Irish music, Irish dancers, and Irish pubs.  Corned beef and cabbage.  Bagpipes. I am all into the festivities.  I used to, of course, love green beer too. I loved the excuse for daytime drinking, on a chilly but...

It might surprise you that I am zero percent Irish. I look the part with my red hair and freckles. I have always acted the part by liking beer and corned beef upon first taste. Green is one of my favorite colors. My Mom’s name is Patty. My girls have curls that Irish Dancers are made of. As you ...