I used to be a heavy drinker. On any given day, I was either recovering from a hangover or working to get one. Getting drunk enough to get out of my mind was an almost daily event. The only days I didn’t drink were the ones my body absolutely demanded I not so it could [...]

A group of us girls had a slumber party at our drama teacher’s house when I was a junior in high school. Everyone else stayed up but I went to sleep because I was so tired. They woke me up around 2 in the morning. They said I was crying and saying, “Dale, please don’t [...]

I used to cuss at my husband a lot. Seems when I talked to him every word out of my mouth was a cuss word. I dreamed that although he never said a word, one day he had enough, and he left me. The dream woke me up, literally and figuratively. I decided that I [...]