The blog posts found here were written in my first year of sobriety, beginning in the fall of 2015. A few months into my recovery, I felt God nudging me to put my thoughts on paper. I didn't initially feel called to share those thoughts, but what started out as a few journal entries eventually led to my developing THIS THORN in the fall of 2015. I wrote what was on my mind, as I experienced all of those "FIRSTS" in year 1. I wrote what was on my heart as I endured feelings I'd historically numbed. While I have come a long way in my sobriety, these early passages are powerful benchmarks of my journey in the beginning...
