I spent years fretting about my weight. Decades even. I am underweight by America's standards but as a fashionista and recovering bulimic...

It's so rare to see someone who doesn’t drink alcohol at a social event or dinner that when I do I am immediately curious about why they...

Years ago I was at an A.A. meeting in Miami in a mostly Spanish speaking neighborhood called Little Havana. On the wall were the usual...

STEP 4 - Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves. Ahhhh. Step 4. This step can feel so daunting that many people...

Life is a tragedy for those who feel, and a comedy for those who think. Jean de La Bruyere. 1645-1696 The other night I went to see the...

In the 1940s and early fifties my father worked as a lifeguard on Fire Island, New York. If you are familiar with Fire Island you will...