The Broken Road

The cover for "The Broken Road" is very personal to me. This is a young girl whom I've watched struggle with bad decisions, driven by her need to escape and the gut wrenching search for her own identity. She and all the women I've watched go through this process are my inspiration.

I see myself in each of them. They were me. I was angry. My emotions weretwisted into knots, my hunger for love insatiable and I was sick in the deepest parts of my soul. I was searching for something to make it all quit hurting.

I thought alcohol and drugs were the answer. I swam in that murky world for over thirty years. I finally got sober and realized that the solution was my reliance on a power greater than myself. It sounds simple but its not. I have over eighteen years of sobriety and I learn something about myself everyday. I learn how to let go of my control over my life and when I do, it is so much better.

The stories is "The Broken Road" tell a little about the journey. I hope that you, as the reader, will either relate, find hope or learn something about this crazy world of addiction.

The Inventory

Part of the twelve steps of Alcoholics Anonymous is the fourth step. This step encourages a complete and fearless moral inventory of oneself. It truly is the turning point for most people.

In my newest story, Angie is about to share her fourth step with her sponsor, Sylvia. They've been meeting in the same church every week for the seven months that Angie has been sober. On this day, Sylvia realizes that the bond she has with her sponcee is deeper than she had ever dreamed. It proves that there aren't any coincidences. Life unfolds exactly the way it is supposed to even if it changes everything you ever believed.