Monica Sarli

In my past articles I've discussed how important it's been for me to stay connected to my spirituality. As you know if you’ve been following me, I tend to drift even though I know exactly how ...

Here it comes. My birthday. This one’s a real milestone, not because of the number of years I’ve accrued, but because this will be the first birthday I’ve celebrated since 16 that I don’t have a ...

Addicts aren't the only ones who have trouble with expectations. We all struggle with them, whether they are overt or those unspoken. You know the ones. Those landmines we plant to make sure we ...

One of my resolutions this year is to keep myself on track with my spirituality and God. In the past I'd gotten accustomed to taking the occasional vacation from God. And it cost me, but I always ...

We are already eight days into 2010. But who’s counting? ME! Time is flying by way too fast! OK so here’s what has been going on. I am going to give you an update on my New Year’s Resolutions ...

So, now that you’ve discovered how untruthful you can be, it’s time to take a step into the truth. You can do that by taking responsibility for your own actions, past, present and future. It’s ...

Another practice I use that helps me keep to the truth is to never lie. That sounds impossible and I’ll admit I’m not one hundred percent successful at it, but that’s what practice means—you keep ...

The next few columns will be about speaking my truth and what that means to me in my life. Until I started speaking my truth I never understood what people meant when they said “the truth will ...

Any holiday can be dangerous when you’re in recovery. They can still feel that way to me and I’ve been in recovery for 23 years. But this time of year is the worst. There are so many ...

Everyone, in recovery or not, knows how stressful the holidays can be! We all set ourselves up with expectations that can sometimes be impossible to realize. It can certainly be this way for me. I ...

The last forty days of my life have been some of the most stressful I've ever experienced. Not only did I write and deliver four major talks (to two women's shelters, one 12 step meeting and at ...

Twenty-three years ago on August 4, 1986 I woke up strung out on Heroin and announced to myself, “I’m done.” This is after fifteen years using and three stabs at rehab, including a year at ...