Back in Black

I’m sorry I’ve been gone for so long. Life happened and I didn’t feel inspired and now there is a Supernatural-shaped hole in my heart because I’ve finished all fifteen seasons. I think the blog has been a bit meandering so far, trying to find its sea-legs. But I’ve had an idea for how to pull this together into something thematically connected and hopefully worth reading:

I am in recovery from a substance use disorder and I work a 12-step program. At nearly every meeting and during most conversations with other people in recovery, I hear phrases, tidy little aphorisms, some of which are ubiquitous–One Day at a Time, Keep Coming Back, It Works if You Work It–and others that you hear less often but which are also part of the canon. There may even be a few originals thrown in. But for now and for the immediate future, these phrases will title my entries, and serve as my prompts. Naturally, this is a recovery-focused blog and I hope to reach others in my community. But alcoholism and addiction touch countless lives and here, all are welcome.