Joy in During

The Blog Formerly Known as Maintaining Mama

For my most recent writing, please visit my Substack, Best Mom Never!

2/5/19 2/5/19

A Three-Part Conversation About Alcohol with My Seven-Year-Old Daughter

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1/28/19 1/28/19

From Plateau to Progress

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1/22/19 1/22/19

Out of the Gray

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1/20/19 1/20/19

Two Hundred Days

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1/5/19 1/5/19

Six Months Off the Sauce

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1/2/19 1/2/19

Pondering an AF Anniversary Vacation

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12/31/18 12/31/18

A 180 in 2018

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12/29/18 12/29/18

Finding the Light: One Year into My Journey

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12/16/18 12/16/18

Life Lessons from My Kids, Part 2: How to Handle Heartbreak

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12/13/18 12/13/18

Life Lessons from My Kids, Part 1: Self-Care

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12/12/18 12/12/18

Quiet Liberation from an Unwanted Libation

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12/1/18 12/1/18

Outshining Broken Bulbs at 150 Days

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11/18/18 11/18/18

A Year in Discovery, Pondering Recovery

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11/15/18 11/15/18

My First Alcohol-Free Birthday

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11/14/18 11/14/18

Silence is Platinum (Like, Better than Golden)

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11/12/18 11/12/18

The Wine Witch Returns

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11/3/18 11/3/18

Putting the "I" in Volunteer. Oh wait.

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11/2/18 11/2/18

From Gut Punch to Gut Hug

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10/24/18 10/24/18

When WW Stands for Woke Weenie

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10/23/18 10/23/18

Really, WW Mag? Booze as Your Holiday Cover Girl?

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