Archive for the Tag 'alcoholism'
shersh on 03 Oct 2015
I didn’t want to go. I didn’t have time to go. But I remembered what it was like to be confined, unable to even get your own Chapstick. (And in the dry heat of Colorado that can be traumatic.) In fact, as I drove on this reluctant errand, I recalled when my parents discovered […]
Tags: alcoholism, Alcoholism Treatment, Detox, Finding $36000, forgiveness, Grand Rescuer, Lord of Shame, Lover of Sinners, Mentally Ill, Poor, Security, Wanting You
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shersh on 12 Jul 2015
The following stories are true. The scam is real, but names and inconsequential details have been changed to protect those involved. Okay, Cupid. My friend, Sara logged on to the dating website, Ok Cupid, with reluctance and the tiniest bit of hope. Almost immediately she was messaged by a handsome man, with a job, who […]
Tags: alcoholism, Catfishing, Come home, Divorce, False promise, Fhishing, Fraud, Imposter, It is Finished, Jesus, Nigerian romance scam, On-line dating, Prone to Wander, Scarlet Letter, Singleness, Stand at the Door and Knock
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shersh on 24 Mar 2012
Today is my daughter’s fourth birthday! I awakened to this text message from her: “Today I am grateful for 4 years of sobriety, that I am not defined by who I used to be but I am a stronger person because of it, for a huge God who loves me even when I don’t love […]
Tags: Alcohlolics Anonymous, alcoholism, Mumford & Sons, Recovery, Salvation Story
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shersh on 01 May 2011
I went to a funeral on Friday for a man about my age. The funeral was held at Fort Logan Cemetery — the burial site in Colorado for veterans. I was impressed by the elegant, but simple pomp and circumstance — the salute of the gun-firing riflemen, the haunting honor of the trumpeting taps, and the precision folding […]
Tags: Addiction, alcoholism, Colorado, counselor, Death, Funeral, Sharon Hersh, substance abuse, Tough Love
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shersh on 10 Apr 2011
BEFORE READING: Please know that my intention in writing the blog below was not to shame anyone. Quite honestly I wrote this blog immediately after watching the 20/20 program and it practically wrote itself — without any checks in my spirit. After receiving one email from a friend concerned that I was doing the same […]
Tags: Addiction, alcoholism, bob jones, Colorado, counselor, forgiveness, fundamentalists, Grace, legalism, Sharon Hersh, substance abuse, tina anderson, university
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