Laura Andrews

A day in the life of this alcoholic in recovery is pretty jam packed these days, but its something that I’ve been thinking about these days…so lets unpack it. Ever since I got my drivers license at the end of February, I’ve wanted to do “all the things”. Whatever that means, right? When I first started driving again, I had not driven in well over 10 years, so I had to get used to it. I would make sure I got to drive every day at least once because I absolutely loved it (and quite frankly...

Lately, I’ve been thinking about life…like really thinking about it. How interesting it is to be human here on earth, how we interact with others, how we feel, how we act, how we talk, how we live. And how we can live so differently from one lifetime to another. I think back on the life I used to live: when I was a child, then growing up into an adult. I remember being an only child as a kid, in a very quiet house (most of the time), wishing for siblings, wishing for that good kind of noise,...

One of my very wonderful friends said this the other day, which came from one of the many books we have been reading together and man, did this stand out to me. For me and my husband and friends, this we can absolutely relate to. We are sober, in a program, working a program to the best of our ability and trying to do all the things that are recommended for us to have a happy and healthy life. Then I also have a few friends who are not sober (don’t need to be sober), but are working their own...