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Continue reading →: Let’s Talk About AlcoholChapter 4 I thought I would take a break from grief and trauma for just a moment. I want to talk about alcohol and what it does to our lives when we overdo it. Up until about 2010 or so, I was pretty much just a social drinker. I could…
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Continue reading →: The Worst Day of my LifeTony died on May 4, 2023. Easily the worst day of my life. Heart disease runs in his family; in fact, his father died in our house on Thanksgiving in 2009 of cardiac arrest. Tony had had a minor episode a few years earlier where he had to have a…
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The Next Chapter in My Saga
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Continue reading →: The Next Chapter in My SagaSo… Tony drove me to the hospital. They took me immediately because my doctor had called ahead, and all kinds of tests were done. Over the course of the next few days, they told me that I needed to see a gastroenterologist. I was completely exhausted by now and the…
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How 2023 knocked me on my butt and inspired this blog.
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Continue reading →: How 2023 knocked me on my butt and inspired this blog.Chapter 1. 2023 was, without a doubt, the worst year of my life. You know how they say everyone has a “worst year,” well, that was mine. It’s not even close for second place. My husband, Tony, and I hadn’t always been “big” drinkers. We didn’t have kids and enjoyed…
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I’m a recovering alcoholic, retired attorney and recently widowed. I decided to write this blog as a way of coping with profound grief, dealing with being sober after years of abusing my liver, and managing my recuperation after a liver and kidney transplant. Thank you for taking this journey with me.
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