Category Archives: Sobriety

November 11, 2023

Posted on November 11, 2023 by Mary Christine

This is one of my favorite images from the year. I decided to travel this year and spent a lot of time doing so from June until October. The photo above is from a camping trip I took in June. … Continue reading →

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XXXVII

Posted on September 8, 2021 by Mary Christine

It’s been two years since I have checked in. Every now and then someone will come along and comment. Some of the comments are nice, and some of them are semi-snarky… like “I don’t know what happened to Mary….” Well, … Continue reading →

Posted in Aging, Gratitude, Progress, Retirement, Sobriety | 13 Comments

XXXV

Posted on July 24, 2019 by Mary Christine

Today I celebrate 35 years of continuous sobriety.  I am so very grateful to a loving God and to Alcoholics Anonymous. A month or so ago, I had another nightmare about my former husband.  This time we were living in … Continue reading →

Posted in Depression, Dreams, Faith, Fear, Gratitude, Meditation, Sobriety | 21 Comments

Another Year, Another Tulip

Posted on April 8, 2019 by Mary Christine

This brave little soul just decided to bloom today.  It is 73 º outside, so it has been fooled.  It is supposed to be nearly 80 tomorrow, and then a huge snowstorm on Wednesday.  Ah, life in Colorado. An old … Continue reading →

Posted in Garden, Gratitude, Sobriety, Spring, Weather, Work | 12 Comments

An Ordinary Thursday Afternoon

Posted on September 20, 2018 by Mary Christine

I was in a triathlon on Saturday morning.  I had broken 2 ribs in August, so I had not trained.  I had kept walking daily throughout my recovery, and tried swimming and biking in the last couple of weeks and … Continue reading →

Posted in Bicycle, Clothes, Food, Friends, Meditation, Race, Sobriety, Thrift, Training, Triathlon | 5 Comments

Thirty-Four Years

Posted on July 23, 2018 by Mary Christine

  By the Grace of God, it was 34 years ago today that I took my last drink of alcohol. A couple of non-program people have asked me in the last couple of days “Have you really never ever had … Continue reading →

Posted in Aging, Family, Garden, Gratitude, History, Roses, Sobriety | 12 Comments

The Post that Shouldn’t be Written

Posted on November 25, 2017 by Mary Christine

I noticed last week that my sobriety was heading into the third of a century zone.  I happened to open this app the other day and see this.  One Third of a Century.  I had no one to tell save … Continue reading →

Posted in Family, Friends, History, Regrets, Retirement, Sobriety, Truth | 15 Comments

Changes

Posted on October 31, 2017 by Mary Christine

I am knitting so much that my right hand is painful and virtually useless, and I have knit holes into my left index finger.  The photo above is the beginning of a sweater for my grandson… which will be for … Continue reading →

Posted in Family, Knitting, Sobriety, Work | 4 Comments

Reflections from 33 years, minus 6 days

Posted on July 18, 2017 by Mary Christine

Next Monday I will celebrate 33 years of continuous sobriety.  Every year I get a little bit more grateful for this miracle in my life.  It is God’s grace, given in immeasurable quantities.  I am surely not capable of this, … Continue reading →

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Too Much Wonderfulness…

Posted on June 18, 2017 by Mary Christine

I have had the most wonderful weekend.  On Friday night I was invited to the Governor’s Mansion to celebrate the 5 year anniversary of the program I worked in when I worked downtown.  I was the first analyst in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Aging, Friends, Gratitude, History, Sobriety, Work | 1 Comment