Drinking - Barbara Meyers

#hertoo “I Got Myself Raped”

By Barb Meyers December 3, 2018Drinking, friends, Friendship, Life, memories, Prayer2 Comments

I know I was at fault. I shouldn’t have left my friends. I should have made sure they were safe. There’s no excuse for being young and dumb and naïve. The memory of what happened to Rose, of losing her friendship, doesn’t seem like punishment enough for what I did. Which is probably why I buried the memory as long as I did.

Family Therapy in The House of Dust, Part Eight, The Rest of the Trip

By gballwvo July 11, 2012Drinking, Family, Friendship, Life, Therapy, Travel, Uncategorized

The drive is uneventful otherwise. We talk some but mostly we listen to Steve’s CD’s. He has them in a metal case and he’s very good about changing them. He…

Family Therapy in The House of Dust, Part Three

By gballwvo June 19, 2012Childhood memories, Drinking, Family, Life, Uncategorized

Mom launches into a reminiscence about her own parents. Her mother had to get up every morning and make biscuits from scratch on an old wood cook stove. My…

Addiction to The Forbidden Bean

By gballwvo January 11, 2012Addiction, Coffee, Drinking, Fantasy, Good Books, Publishing1 Comment

What if you had an addiction to a substance for which there was no rehab? What if you couldn’t tell anyone about your addiction? In Tee Rutledge I may have…

Drinking Alone

By gballwvo November 3, 2011Drinking, Good Books, Independent Publishing, love, Marriage, Reading, Rejection, Self-publishing, Uncategorized, Writing Romance1 Comment

You'd think I'd be used to it by now. If you follow me anywhere, Twitter, Facebook, etc., you are already aware of my white zin addiction. It's sad but true. The…