Was this you in This Is Us season premiere?
Have you ever been asked: ‘How long was he drinking? Didn’t you know?’ Yes, we eventually discover their secret, but at first we second guess…
Starring Alcoholism
Alcoholism shows up on the movie screen, in TV shows, the pages of books and for some of us, in our lives. For those who…
Life After an Alcoholic Husband
Alcoholism segued subtly into our marriage, stealthlike, until it was everything in our lives. Now, years after my husband’s passing from alcoholic hepatitis, a glance…
Sharing Privately
Some followers here at Widow 2.0 who lost their spouse to alcoholism mentioned in their comments the need to share with family, but in the…
Lie to Me, I’ll Believe
Did you believe the lies they told? The lies you told yourself? In my essay in The New York Times, “Surviving an Alcoholic” (5/27/15), I wrote…
