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Fourth of July and Holiday Challenges

Family gatherings, holiday parties, bbqs with ice chests full of forbidden beverages…sometimes, especially in early sobriety, you just wish there would be some kind of moratorium on holidays.   My experience with these events is that they are stressful because they are often forced family events.  I know in my case, my family was something to [...]

Family

Today I was reminded about the importance of family – I went to the funeral of a man who was 91 years old when he died. We shared a birthday, which was always sort of neat.  I was good friends with his wife, who died at age 90 last year.  I met them both when [...]