Anne Friday Recovery

Ecstasy Ecstasy [ek-stuh-see]noun1. rapturous delight.2. an overpowering emotion or exaltation; a state of sudden, intense feeling.3. mental transport or rapture from the contemplation of divine things.synonymselation, euphoria, rapture, joyfulness, delight, delirium, enchantment, enthusiasm, intoxicationWh...

If I Had a Hammer If you know me or read my blog it will come as no surprise when I tell you that I have a constant soundtrack of song lyrics running through my brain. For some reason today it’s the Pete Seeger song “If I Had a Hammer”. Seeger recorded it with The Weavers in 1950 but Peter, Paul & Mary made it ...

Wherever You Go, There You Are “Life is what happens to you while you are busy making other plans.” -John Lennon Or was it Henry Cooke? Walter Ward? Quin Ryan or Allen Saunders? Or does it really date back to the Book of Proverbs? My research concludes that while the quote is commonly attributed to Lennon, it first appeared i...

Foxhole Prayers “There are no atheists in foxholes.” You’ve probably heard this aphorism, which is used to argue that in times of extreme stress or fear people will often turn to prayer. A foxhole prayer is a prayer you pray when faced with what feels like a crisis. You might be in danger…in a foxhole durin...

There’s a Little Yellow Pill And though she’s not really ill, there’s a little yellow pill. She goes running for the shelter of her mother’s little helper… The Rolling Stones That little yellow pill in the classic Stones hit was Va**um, a benzodiazepine. Other “benzos”include Ativan, Klonopin, Librium and Xanax. Ben...