| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- One foot forward Feeling better. I don't know if it's the medicine kicking already or if I'm just generally less nutjobby these days. Therapist appointment set up for Tuesday. Sort of dreading it--only because that initial meeting is always the vomiting up of emotion--a complete outpouring of everything that leaves me physically exhausted. But it has to be done. And thanks to you (I'm interested in hearing more about this YA manuscript) and you (hugs happily accepted). Today, I interviewed a woman who's 11 years sober, 11 years living on her own after a lifetimes battling addictions and time spent in and out of prison (16 years total). She has six kids--five of whom have been adopted out. She's seen a lot, she's made it out to the other side. These days, she says, she's happy living in a one-bedroom apartment with her seven-year-old niece--a second chance at motherhood, she says. Now, she helps other women who've lived similar lives. Once, she says, she relapsed. That was four years ago. "One foot forward, is all I can do," she said. One foot forward. 1:37 pm - 16.03.12
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