Tag: mental-health
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A Letter to Megyn Kelly
No continuation of “the road so far” today. Just gotta get something off my chest. I had a hard time falling asleep last night, ruminating about something really dumb. But it got under my skin apparently. So here I am. I try to follow my all-time favorite YouTuber’s lead and stay as disconnected as possible…
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That kid!!
In 2021, when I took the job at the AmVets, I was also very actively looking for a new place to live. Very actively. My credit came into question. For me. I hadn’t looked in years. The life that I had over the last several years, made me think I was unfixable. Any dreams I…
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Time to regroup…
The sickening pit in my stomach was easy enough to ignore most days. I’m at a new place. It’s brand new and really felt great being a part of a new project. Lots of buzz about the new bar, the new owner, etc. Small town livin’, that’s all pretty exciting stuff. Rumors, gossip, curiosity, all…
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It’ll be better at the next job…
This isn’t an account of my road to sobriety. I have days when I feel like that is a sidenote. I mean, not quite, but a little. Hindsight, and all. You get it. If the Universe is Mr. Miyagi, then sobriety is the “wax on, wax off”. I won’t see until later that it was…
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Let’s go back…
I stopped drinking. April 30, 2022. I didn’t take shots at work or take my shifter home that night. I had no plan. Zero plan. I was a daily drinker. And, as a bartender in a very lax environment, it was not only overlooked but, encouraged by most members and leaders in the club. I…
The Hermit's Lamp 