Leaning against one of the bookshelves at the Strand this past Sunday, I reread Raymond Carver’s short story What We Talk About When We Talk About Love. This simple and somewhat confusing story has always been, for me, a reminder of how difficult it is to capture love in words. What is love? What isn’t? [...]
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What We Talk About When We Talk About Alcoholism
Posted in Alcoholism, Meditation, Recovery, Writing, tagged Alcoholism, Awareness, change, drinking problem, meditation, progress, recovery, Whitney Houston, writing on March 8, 2012 | 9 Comments »
Today on Drinking Diaries: The Hard Questions (about alcohol)
Posted in Alcoholism, Awareness, tagged Alcohol, Alcoholism, Awareness, change, drinking problem, living in the moment, progress, recovery, Susan Piver on November 4, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Just wanted to share a blurb of my piece on the hard questions about alcohol, which was featured today on Drinking Diaries: For years before I decided to stop drinking, I struggled with a single question: Am I an alcoholic? I thought there were two answers: Identify as an alcoholic and stop drinking, or [...]
The Sexy Side of Sober
Posted in Alcoholism, Recovery, tagged Alcohol, Alcoholism, Awareness, change, drinking problem on November 2, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Up to this point I’ve talked about the many benefits I’ve experienced since quitting drinking. Increased awareness, addressing my fears, finding out who my true friends were – these were just a few of the positive things that came out of this very difficult decision. But I have to share, there is another side to [...]
Going Solo
Posted in Alcoholism, Awareness, Recovery, tagged Alcohol, Alcoholism, Awareness, change, drinking problem, fear, living in the moment, progress, recovery, resolutions, restlessness, uncertainty, work on August 1, 2011 | 10 Comments »
Here is an excerpt of an essay published today on TheFix.com: Once I began to question my drinking, I thought I had two options: identify myself as an alcoholic and stop drinking with the help of a group, or decide that I was not an alcoholic and continue. I ignored any other possibilities. I [...]
