by Ryn | high cost of drinking, life coaching, recovery coaching, sober lifestyle coaching
Forgetting my toothbrush was the least of my worries. But then again, I wasn’t really worried about anything. I was too annoyed to be worried. Too fed up to be worried. Too angry at the world to be worried. My favorite comeback to anything for as long as I could...
by Ryn | 12 steps, high cost of drinking, joyful life, life coaching, recovery coaching, recovery rocks, self improvement, sober lifestyle coaching
We’re rough, tough and ready for action, right? So why the heck would we EVER surrender to anything? Surrender brings to mind some whimpering, beat-up thing waving a ragged white flag. That’s not a pretty picture. But neither is the reality you get from fighting...
by Ryn | high cost of drinking, recovery coaching, recovery myths, recovery rocks, self improvement, sober lifestyle coaching
When we learn to drive a car, the instructor tells us about the pedals, gears, that impossible thing called parallel parking, and loads of other stuff. But not once do I recall the driving instructor telling me that getting in a crash was part of the driving process....
by Ryn | high cost of drinking, life coaching, recovery coaching, recovery rocks, self improvement
Jim Morrison. Earnest Hemingway. Vincent Van Gogh. Charles Bukowski. These guys were just a few of my many excuses to keep drinking. They were, after all, creative and famous. And I was certain they got that way because they drank. So I had to keep drinking to achieve...
by Ryn | high cost of drinking, recovery coaching
Giant spiders. Headless horsemen. Waking up naked in the middle of Times Square. Those are the things many nightmares are made of. But when you’re an alcoholic in recovery, there are far worse nightmares that like to come around from time to time. It’s those pesky...
by Ryn | high cost of drinking, recovery coaching, recovery rocks
Early recovery for me was a scary time for many reasons, with one of the most frightening thoughts being what to do if I were at a party, celebration or wherever – and someone asked if I’d like a drink. Egads! Since I was in no way willing to tell people I was in...
