Dear Dad, I remember one night when I was maybe ten. It was a weekend or a holiday, so there was no reason to be up early the next morning, and I suspect I couldn't sleep. I was standing in the living room in my nightgown, and instead of sending me off to bed, you [...]
Posts under ‘infidelity’
Quantum Reality Recovery Haikus
In quantum physicstwo states both are true at once,so in my marriage. My husband, off ata sex addict 12 step ora date. Whatever. Is that thing a vaseor two human faces orthe look of marriage?
An Open Letter to my Mother
Dear Mom, If you are reading this, you have somehow found yourself at my blog. I always knew there was the potential for you to end up here, but I figured the odds were against it, and the work I've been doing is important enough that it seemed worth that small risk. Now that you [...]
Some Recovery Gratitude
The Junky's Wife tagged me with this recovery meme just in time for Thanksgiving! So, here's me giving thanks for some lessons I've learned in recovery... The rules of the game: Link to the person’s blog who tagged you. Post these rules on your blog. List seven things you're grateful to have learned in recovery. [...]
Why I Became a Vegetarian
A few years ago, I became a vegetarian. In a way, vegetarianism had been creeping into my consciousness since high school, but in a way, the decision seemed sudden and a little impetuous. The roots of my vegetarianism go all the way back to high school when my teenage yearning to be a vegetarian fit [...]
24 Steps
Recently, in addition to attending 12 Step meetings for sex addiction, my husband has started attending Debtors Anonymous, a 12 Step for those with compulsive debt problems. I'm a bit skeptical of this myself; while we do have an overwhelming debt problem, I'm not certain that it was the result of compulsive behavior. I do [...]
Connecting the Dots
Finding Nemo is one of my three-year-old daughter's all time favorite movies, which means Mark and I have watched it about 4976 times now and have weaved it into the fabric of our lives. In one scene, Nemo's father, Marlin, is dragged to a 12 Step meeting held by some sharks, who are trying to [...]
Disney’s Beauty and the Beast: A Codependent’s Fairy Tale
My daughter recently received a Disney princess book as a gift from my friend Kelly, and it is her absolute favorite book in the world right now. Now I know that as a feminist, I should be offended at the Disney princesses. And as an ultra-liberal with a deep discomfort with and distrust in the [...]
I’ve Been Published!
Check it out, you all. My fifteen seconds are here. The first of my two pieces was published in the San Diego Reader today. It's a slightly revamped version of that old fan favorite: A New Kind of Trust. Go visit the San Diego Reader and see for yourself! Yay! I'm a real writer, all [...]
Random Thoughts
Tonight I am thinking of... My friend, Ellen, whom I thought of on her birthday but neglected to call or e-mail. Um, happy belated birthday on my blog, if you are reading. (How lame is that?) I thought of her tonight because I was eating cookie dough ice cream straight from the carton. Back in [...]
