On bearing the weight of this life

our bodies, numb and alive

“You don’t become stronger without also becoming more acutely aware of the weight that this life is. The strength it takes to move through it, with it, in it. Just to be here at all requires a level of stamina we can feel in our bodies.”

An essay about our many changing identities in midlife and managing physical pain while staying clean and sober. Includes a 9:34 minute audio reading in my own voice.