My Simple, Happy, Beautiful Life

For my chemical dependency class, I had a homework assignment of attending a open alcohol anonymous meeting. I was a little scared for this assignment. I don't have any family members who have struggled with substance abuse, so my exposure to this field is very limited. The reason I took this class was because I knew this was an area of social work I needed to be exposed to. I found a AA meeting in my local community and planned to go a meeting. I didn't know what to expect from a AA meeting. You know how some people make fun of the phrase, "Hi, I'm (insert name) and I'm a alcoholic". That is pretty much all I knew about these meetings. I was afraid that people would look at my weird for being a visitor. Would I disrupt the meeting? Would I feel like a outsider? Will they look at my as stupid for not being a consumer of alcohol? These were the majority of my thoughts before I even walked into the building. As I was walking into the building, a group memb

So, I haven't written in here for a long time. I thought I might write about recent events in my life. My winter break was fantastic and really long. I am not used to having a month long break so I didn't know what to do with myself. The first part of my break, right after finals, I spent way too much time watching Netflix. I would just lay there in my pajamas and enjoy doing nothing. When you are really busy, it is nice to do nothing at some point. After getting bored of doing nothing, my brother came home for Christmas time. We had lots of family time just talking, playing games and catching up. I experienced one of the most beautiful days in San Francisco. We went hiking in Marine County and looked over all the bay. It was absolutely stunning and brought a lot of new perspective. I love being outdoors because the perspective from nature reminds me of God's love for us. I had a friend from BYU visit for New Years Eve week. I have told her all about my hometown and