Why I started this blog
A little over a month ago, I decided that I wanted to post the following writing on Facebook. In truth, not because I love Facebook, but because I just wanted it out there, and it was the only forum I could think of at the moment. I posted it on my birthday, which I'm sure carried some kind of significance that I'm not fully aware of quite yet. It was the first extensive thing I had written in probably 25 years. Maybe it was a mistake in some respects, but it got me here, so I’m not wasting anymore time questioning it. Those of us on a path of recovery know that reclaiming our lives lies in the effort to redirect our focus and our spirit. So, this was primarily a purge, an “I’ll just say it before you think it” move. Not strategic in nature, because I truly intended to leave it there. But that’s not what happened. October 12, 2019: “Gray matters” Upon waking up this morning, and every morning for the last 8 months, I ask myself… “ okay, what are we starting with today...
