I hate to bring the vibe of the prompt down, but I don’t have nor wish for any secret skill or ability. The dealbreaker here for me is the precondition of this strange power being “secret”. For me to grow in sobriety, I have to remain an open book, at the very least to those […]
Hurtling through the eternally uninhabitable frozen vacuum of the universe is a glowing blue-green planet painted with swirls of white and cool light grey. A nearby star radiating its light upon the planet paints shadows that are suggestive of depth and layering. Upon closer examination, these swirls appear to be hovering over the surface of […]
I’ve been most fortunate to have many wonderful teachers. I don’t believe I can put one above all the rest, since the strength of each teaching (and thus the influence of its teacher) really depended upon my own capacity to be teachable in that moment. This remains true for me to this day. What does […]
A blogger that I subscribe to shares their healing journey using a WordPress ‘Daily Prompt’ for inspiration, and I really enjoy their daily journal entries. These days, I find that I have less to say about secular recovery, and I even question my motives for using this platform to talk about it. Am I really […]
I write about recovery from addiction without religion, but spirituality has always been something that has given me great meaning in life. And the meaning of spirituality has changed for me over time. I was raised without any religious belief and was encouraged by loving parents to ‘find my own path’. I visited a couple […]
I wasn’t raised in any sort of religion. My parents never went to church. My father was raised in an Anglican tradition, but didn’t practice faith at all in adulthood. His only statement on religion was this, “They all say the same thing—live by the golden rule.” My mother was raised in a fire and […]
grief approachesopens its mouthwailing (is grief wailing or am I?)clutches latches and sucksforms a cordrelentless pressurerips you openburies itselffeeds night and dayever-changing form (so you don’t get used to it)gestates yearsshrinking slowlyinto memoryleaving scarsthat never fade
I was just diagnosed with ADHD. I always suspected I fell into that flavour of neurodivergence, so it’s helpful to get the empirical confirmation. I have a strong bias toward the AD part, although in my early years I scored top marks in both attention deficit and hyperactivity. Over course of my life, the most […]
“My brain would kill me if it didn’t need the transportation.”
The Peace of Wild Things 
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