It is an honor to have been chosen after a nationwide search as the Fall Cover Girl for We Magaziine for Women!
http://wemagazineforwomen.com/pdfs/fall2009…
We don't want to read Mackenzie Phillips' account of her "consensual" relationship with Papa John Phillips. We don't want to see Oprah Winfrey devote airtime to the alleged rape, abortion, drugs and unsettling etc. We don't want to relive the whole sordid story in People..…
I cannot help but find myself at such a loss after hearing of the death of one of our own. DJ AM aka Adam Goldstein, was found dead in his NYC apartment. Allegedly, there were prescription drugs and a crack pipe found in his possession. Adam had been admittedly clean and sober since 1997 after a suicide attempt…
Oh how my life entertains me sometimes. I haven’t slept well over the past couple days as I was house/dog sitting for a dear friend. Apparently both of her labs are use to sleeping in bed with her—a custom I am not really fond of as I have serious no touching boundaries when sleeping. So I got very little sleep for the past three days…
I got clean and sober at Penn State. I went to college there in early recovery and stayed clean and sober for my entire four year stay there. Sure there were times when it was hard, but my recovery was what enabled me to go there in the first place and become the first person in my family ever to graduate from college…
Graduation is approaching and the freedom that college promises is right around the corner. It is a time for celebration and preparation. As you decide what to pack for college, get to know your roommate and figure your course schedule--there is one other thing you should prepare for and I guarantee it didn't make it to your "Things I need for college list"…
Yesterday I got an email via a social networking site from a young girl who read my book. I get emails like this daily, it is the reason I wrote the book, to reach young people and let them know they aren’t alone. This email was a little different. The young girl said she was cutting herself and using drugs and she could relate to my story…
Traditionally my birthday and mother’s day have always fallen on the same weekend or at the least one weekend apart. When I was little some of my sweetest mother/daughter moments were of these times. My only truly fond memories of my mom and I are when I was very young, around age 5 or 6 when we would get all dressed up and go to this mother/daughter dinner thing with our church…
The new movie Observe and Report comes off in commercials like any other funny pushing the limit Seth Rogen film. I've seen many of his films and while yes they push the limits-they have never gone this far. Apparently in the middle of this movie the filmmaker's crash about as far over a line as one can go…
Well, today is the day. I sign the contract on my second memoir to be released in Feb of 2010! Every time I think about it, I just shake my head. I cannot believe that I am actually going to have a second publication out there. I am so proud and thrilled. The book is tentatively titled…
It is so exciting to see spring right around the corner. I need more sunshine and longer days. My tour schedule is starting to book up again nicely for spring too so please check it out and if you are in any of the areas listed, please drop by and see me! I am also hopefully adding many more in the upcoming weeks so keep checking back as I may be in a city or town near you…
This morning I read a passage in my daily reflection that spoke of the various masks we wear in our lives. In my addiction, I was an ever changing person always accommodating the outside world and never truly revealing who I was inside. I would dress up and paint on whatever face I thought was expected of me on any given day…