Hi Everyone - Welcome back! This week I am proud to share with you my big brother, Chad. I am a little bit of a control freak, so I did tweak his grammar and punctuation a wee little bit. I couldn't help myself! I did not, however, tweak the profanity. We write like we feel at this point in our lives. So, you will just have to excuse the f-bombs. Chad, thank you for supporting and taking part in my blog. I love you! Turning it over... Take it away big brother.
What Does Alcoholism Look Like?
Before I dive into this post, I want to say that it is a scary thing to share my heart with you and I was terrified to hit publish on my first blog entry. However, my inboxes have been overflowing as so many of you have shared your own heart wrenching stories and personal struggles with me. Your response to my writing about these sensitive topics was all the validation I needed to know that this is the right thing to do. Thank you all for the overwhelming amount of love and support you have shown me in the last week.
Let's Talk About It.
Hello friends. Welcome to my blog. I want to start by saying thank you for taking time out of your lives to read this. I went back and forth on whether or not to even share what I write for some time. I am not writing to seek additional sympathy or to come across as pretentious. I know that I am not an expert on mental illness, alcoholism, or suicide. I am just a sister that is grieving the loss of her brother and using my love for writing as a means to heal. I only hope that I can write and share my heart with you in a way that honors my brother.