Lisa Marie Basile

No addiction or recovery story is the same. You don’t always kick the habit and you don’t always find the forgiveness which you seek. Around 60% of addicts relapse, according to the U.S. government. Others die. Others end up prison. Others lose their kids. Some make a full recovery.

Some grief is inert. Some grief is an engine. Sometimes actively participating in grief, I’ve learned, is one small way we can learn to escape its riptide.

When you hear about a person with a chronic illness working or not working or considering quitting a job, these decisions were not made lightly.

It can really take a toll on you when you have to parent a parent.

This is the one time of year, Scorpio Season (Oct. 23 to Nov. 22), when getting a little closer and looking a little deeper is, in some ways, inevitable.

Is there a certain quality to letter writing or diary keeping that inspires the confessional? I believe so.

The older we get, the harder it is to make close friends.