Sharing Mom
Last night, I sat beside Mom at my cousin’s wedding reception. We talked like a healthy mom and grownup daughter do. How’s work? How’s So-and-So?…
ACoA journey breakthrough: I’m SO done feeling guilty about how I spend my time
Growing up with an alcoholic mother, we had an isolated life. Mom made it that way to accommodate her drinking. I spent a lot of…
Celebrating the second edition of Easter Ann Peters’ Operation Cool
In 2009, I needed an escape from my out-of-control life. I didn’t see a way out of the gripping sense of responsibility over my alcoholic…
For the little kid on my refrigerator
Three years ago, I’d relapsed in my ACoA recovery, triggered by my father’s sudden death. Years of study and learning erased from my mind in…
Improving my ACOA relationship with sleep
Sleep. Everyone’s talking about it. There are new apps, books and blogs on this topic popping up every week. Some people say they don’t need…
My new favorite self-care activity
Last December, I wrote this on Facebook. “Five years or so ago, I saw this bike for sale: I’ve never been particularly interested in biking…