by Nancy McKay | Mar 22, 2020 | Challenges, Courage, Emotions, Empowerment, Fear, Feelings, Hope, Hopelessness, inspiration, Recovery
That Hopeless Feeling “If you’re going through Hell, keep going” ~ Winston Churchill Are you feeling hopeless? Not that we aren’t being giving an extreme reason right now, what with the COVID-19 and all, I suspect everyone has a smidgen of, at least...
by Nancy McKay | Mar 1, 2020 | Challenges, Courage, Fear, inspiration, Recovery, Self-compassion
Why alcohol is killing us… Research shows the growing use and abuse of alcohol by women. As a result, alcohol is killing us. It almost killed me. Drinking has become so much a part of the female culture we no longer even aware of how widespread it is, or look at...
by Nancy McKay | Feb 10, 2020 | Challenges, Courage, Fear, inspiration, Recovery
Have You Had Enough? Enough of the hideous hangovers, nagging regrets and shame? When is enough ~ enough? You may be drinking for any number of reasons. If you are drinking like I did, I knew I should have said “enough” long before I did. Drinking was getting in my...
by Nancy McKay | Feb 2, 2020 | Challenges, Courage, inspiration, Recovery, Self-compassion
We’re Only As Sick As Our Secrets Are you keeping a secret? Keeping Secrets Can Hurt Us… You hear “We’re only as sick as our secrets” a lot in the recovery community. It means that any secret we keep in the dark grows and becomes more harmful. Once...
by Nancy McKay | Jan 26, 2020 | Challenges, Courage, Empowerment, Fear, Goals, inspiration, Living Authentically, Recovery
Creating a New Life Beyond Alcohol Tools to help you create a better life… We all need tools in our toolbox to help us out. How about using some old tools, maybe in new ways, to help you create a new life without alcohol? What tool can you use today that will help you...