April 2010

Ahhhh…Vacation Time

I just wanted to take a minute to inform everyone and anyone that cares…I’m on vacation. My husband and I are taking the little guy to Disney for the first time. Super excited and relieved because all of us in the house really need a vacation. The site will not be updated while I’m gone. [...]

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Addiction Recovery: Delaying The Inevitable

Recently I had written a post regarding Suboxone being coined a wonder drug and what my thoughts are on that subject. I have had some interesting responses to this post but one stuck out in particular. It was about someone who has bought Suboxone off the street to be used when he is coming off [...]

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Cymbalta for Depression Ain’t Cutt’n It

I was very hopeful that since I am no longer using all sorts of drugs that my Cymbalta, which is my current anti-depressant, would begin to work correctly and all of my signs of depression would simply disappear. So far…not so much.

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Merry Christmas

Well it seems that I have been neglecting my blog. I guess it happens right. Can’t always be brimming with profound things to say I did want to take a moment and wish all my readers a safe and happy holiday. This can be an extremely difficult time for anyone but when you add in [...]

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The Sun Is Rising Once Again On The Write Thought

The Write Thought was going through somewhat of a lull but I am pleased to announce that thanks to the addition of some new writers over the past couple of months (along with it’s already great writers) we seem to be recovering (pun intended). Since October when the moderator torch was passed to me, I [...]

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Fortune Teller or Fellow Recovering Addict?

You know how you file each blog post under a category? Well I was going to post something and thought that I would make a category named “personal”. Ooh, a personal category. That’s where I could put all the stories about my life. Wait a minute…isn’t this whole site about my life? It’s personal really. [...]

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Gotta Stay Honest

I have a tendency to want tell people what they want to hear. Not only will I just tell someone what they want to hear but I’ll go so far as to cover up my true feelings in order to feel the way someone else wants me to feel. What the hell is that? I [...]

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Addiction Recovery: Cravings To Use

It still amazes me when I sit here and actually ponder the thought of using Oxycontin again. Logically I know it will only lead me back into the horrible downward spiral I just gone done climbing back out of…so what is up with these Oxycontin cravings?

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Christ Has Risen, Where’s My Beer?

I’m not sure about any of you recovering addicts out there but I would use holidays as an excuse to get day drunk. For any of you that aren’t familiar with the term day drunk it means getting drunk during the day. I know, tricky lingo.

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Cymbalta Withdrawal Symptoms Being Kept Secret?

I wrote an article on how much Cymbalta withdrawal symptoms suck and I was pretty shocked at the amount of comments that are being posted from people who were going through the same exact Cymbalta withdrawal symptoms. The common theme is that no one was made aware of the Cymbalta withdrawal side effects upfront.

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