Mary suggested I adopt the concept of a mobile office. Laptop at coffee shops. I don’t know about that one, Reader. I do tend to write a good number of emails in coffee shops, but that requires a different level of immersion. The kind of writing I like most to do results in the loss [...]
Posts Tagged ‘alcoholism’
Coffee-Shop Creeps
Posted in writing, tagged alcoholism, coffee shop, office, third place, writing on September 25, 2009 | 5 Comments »
I Want a Cookout that Kicks My Ass
Posted in Friends, tagged 4th of July, alcoholism, cookout, Food, manners on July 4, 2009 | 2 Comments »
We went to a small cookout last night. It was okay. These people are nice people…she is Deb’s patient, and he is now our veterinarian. I can count on one hand (well, maybe on two fingers) the number of Deb’s patients with whom we’ve become friends…sometimes some people just decide that you’re going to be [...]
A Circle Portrait
Posted in Poetry/Literature, tagged alcoholism, JAMA, poetry on February 6, 2009 | 3 Comments »
A CIRCLE PORTRAIT
Lose a string of jobs, or days, and wonder
how the same amount of alcohol that made
you clever turned your witty words thick
and ugly. Nurse the hidden beer you stow
beneath the seat and drive the weaving streets
alone in the churning town. Press your brow
against the steering wheel. Admit defeat,
and pray the usual prayer: get [...]
Where the Key Is Hidden
Posted in Family, tagged AA, Al-Anon, alcoholism, bicycle, coyotes, mental illness, psychiatric emergency room on January 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Our doors are temporarily locked. If you’re coming to visit, let me know, and I’ll tell you where the key is hidden.
Yesterday, as happens every now and then, Deb’s brother threatened to kill us. As you may already know, he struggles with mental illness and alcoholism…it’s hard for mentally ill people to get sober, but [...]
A Toxic Toxic, or why it’s good to have a reader
Posted in Alcoholism, Family, tagged AA, alcoholism on December 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’m in such a foul mood this morning, Reader, that I don’t know how to write, so I will simply say that though the planned obsolescence of Christmas-light strings is not the cause of my dark cloud, it does not help.
There are some bad mixes: alcoholism, mental illness, inlaws, Christianity, the inability to say “no,” [...]
Friends in Dive Places
Posted in Friends, tagged alcoholism, Friends, JK's diner on November 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Other than my birthday, this may be my favorite day of the year. Why? Because the guests have all gone home, most of my people are off work, some of my out-of-town friends are in town, the weather is cold but not freezing, things get festive, and there are two more whole days of this [...]
