by Jackie Hammers-Crowell | Jun 23, 2020 | Recovery
A Plan in Place In high school, I had a teacher who was fond of saying, “If you fail to plan, then you have planned to fail.” It wasn’t until I got older that the phrase took on more meaning for me. Without the safety net of caring adults that had always guided me...
by Jackie Hammers-Crowell | Jun 18, 2020 | Addiction
My daughter loves her grandma’s stories. Sometimes grandma will talk about her deceased husband. I never had the opportunity to meet my father-in-law. Alcohol stole his life before I met my husband. After hearing her grandma’s stories, my daughter, who was only 5...