Hi, My name is Sharon and I’m fifty years old today. But that’s not my deepest story. My name is Sharon and I’m an alcoholic — taking two steps forward and three steps back has been a part of this story. But it’s not my deepest story. Hi, I’m Sharon and I’m a workaholic. I […]
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A lot of my closest friends are addicts. I tend to really like broken, messy people — people desperate for change and yet terrified of change. One of these dear friends just spent ten days at my house after a near-fatal overdose on heroin. He got on an airplane early this morning for Oklahoma City […]
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“You have way below normal levels in every hormone. Your thyroid is not working, and you are significantly deficient in Vitamin D.” This is the way that my doctor welcomed me to the world of being a woman in mid-life, battling hot flashes, dimmed vision, and an occasional mood swing into homicidal/suicidal ideation. Clearly, I am […]
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