This is my first official post to my own blog. I'm an alcoholic. I was sober for 7 years, drunk for 11, and now I've been sober 4 months. Part of my recovery this time is writing and reaching out to other folks online. The posts you see below are from two other sources: the Booze Free Brigade and Crying Out Now . Both are great places to connect with other women struggling with alcohol. There is not one way to do recovery, decide you're an alcoholic, or get support at either of these links. We're all making it up as we go along, like proper grown-ups should.
Along the way, a few people have asked if I blog. The answer has been: No, I'm too lazy. Usually, I say busy, but I could probably make the time. So really, I'm probably too scared. When I pluck a piece of the inner monologue for public consumption it forces me to examine it more closely, process it, get more out of it. Posting on these other sites has become a part of my recovery process, and it's really good for me. When I write a proper post, either the god of my understanding or the pure form of my soul speaks through the words and I have to pay attention. Because something else shapes the writing, the message is more than the sum of a string of sentences.
I won't lie though, I'm sure there will be some sentence strings along the way.
Monday, August 9, 2010
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Yay Claire! Finally have time to catch up and read. It looks beautiful! I so relate to something else shaping the writing. I have this other voice when blog posting, even though I don't draft or edit, and so it comes out in a different way, while in my emails or comments it's more like the string of sentences thing.
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