I am a retired teacher who quit drinking and found happiness! After going deaf, I now have two cochlear implants!
Dear Readers,A Long Hot walk!There is a major transition, a change, happening in Mr. and Mrs. UT's lives soon. Hubs is retiring!Yikes!! Or Yay!!All depends on my frame of mind, ha!The good news is, we like each other a lot, and one of the keys to our long standing marriage is we like to play together. We love to … Continue reading Changes
Dear Readers,I still struggle on days. Not with drinking, but with thoughts of worthlessness, low energy and low mood, and feelings of loneliness. I still struggle with accepting who I am, and who I am not.My therapist wants me to continue to work on being kind and compassionate to myself when I am physically and emotionally low.I am re-reading the … Continue reading How Deeply Can I Love
Dear Readers,I feel as if I am starting life all over again.And in a way I am, not only a new life not drinking, but a new life in retirement.There is so much I have to learn.Drinking stunted my ability to cope with all the ups and downs of life.I only relied on that one way to deal with … Continue reading Trying to Figure Things Out
