How to Add 7.5 Years to Your Life

How to Add 7.5 Years to Your Life

Would you like to add 7 + years to your life expectancy? Sure, drinking less, or not at all, will improve your chances, but this is something different. Research tells us that you can increase your life expectancy by the way you talk about aging. Yep, you heard that...
The Novelty of being Sober

The Novelty of being Sober

 I was listening to an interview with Laura McKowen, and she mentioned that early in her sobriety journey a woman told her “I have a happy little life”. Laura recounts that she was furious – she didn’t want to settle for a happy little life. In...
What A New Puppy Can Teach Us About Living Alcohol-Free

What A New Puppy Can Teach Us About Living Alcohol-Free

Stay present (puppies only live in the moment with no recollection of the ‘accident’ they had only moments before). Bringing up the past or worrying about the future is futile. Know your pack – our new puppy wants to know where we are at all times. She came from...
Busy, Overwhelmed, and Bored

Busy, Overwhelmed, and Bored

It’s Holiday Season. It can be ‘the most wonderful time of the year’ or it can be stressful, disappointing and overwhelming. For most of us, it’s likely something in between. I have been doing some reading and reflecting about these three related topics : Busy,...
Reflections on a New Year

Reflections on a New Year

Like a small child, I love the excitement of the Christmas Holidays, when the tree is finally up, the lights are on, candles are lit and all the decorations are sparkling. But, one of my FAVORITE days is the day all the decorations are put away and the house is barren...