THE CROOKED STEEPLE

stories that last

Category: Depression

taking out the trash

Sep 17—2025

aging, change of seasons, Death, Depression, family, marriage

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a little bump

Feb 9—2024

Alcoholism, Anxiety, Creative Writing, Depression, Faith, family, making ends meet, marriage, middle class life, Parenthood, raising kids, Recovery, Sobriety

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New Year’s Eve Morning – 2023

Dec 31—2023

Anxiety, Depression, Faith, family, making ends meet, marriage, middle class life, parenting, Recovery, Sobriety

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holiday cheer

Dec 24—2023

Anxiety, christmas, Creative Writing, Depression, family, holidays, literary fiction, Recovery, Relationships, short stories, Sobriety, Writing

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Eight Days

Dec 16—2023

christmas, Creative Writing, Depression, family, holidays, making ends meet, marriage, middle class life, Parenthood, parenting, raising kids, Recovery, Relationships, Sobriety

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a last push

Mar 18—2023

aging, Depression, family life, Hope, making ends meet, marriage, middle class life, parenting, Recovery, Relationships, small town life, Sobriety

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debts of regret

Feb 11—2023

Alcoholism, Anxiety, Depression, Faith, family, Fatherhood, marriage, middle class life, parenting, raising kids, Recovery, Sobriety

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a strange moment in the morning

Jan 14—2023

Alcoholism, Anxiety, blogging, Creative Writing, Depression, family, marriage, Recovery, small town life, Sobriety, Writing, writing blogs

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winter swimming

Dec 8—2022

Alcoholism, Anxiety, Depression, Fatherhood, marriage, michigan poets, middle class life, Parenthood, Recovery, Sobriety

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Thanksgiving Morning, 2022

Nov 24—2022

Alcoholism, Anxiety, Depression, Fatherhood, holidays, marriage, middle class life, Parenthood, Sobriety, writing blogs

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get out and stay out

Sep 16—2022

Alcoholism, Anxiety, Depression, Faith, family, marriage, middle class life, Recovery, Relationships, Sobriety, suicide

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the drinking brain after 1 year and 10 months of sobriety

Sep 4—2022

Alcoholism, Anxiety, Depression, family, Fatherhood, marriage, middle class life, Parenthood, Recovery, Relationships, Sobriety

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waking slow

May 4—2022

Alcoholism, Anxiety, Depression, family, Fatherhood, marriage, middle class life, parenting, raising kids, Sobriety

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into another day

Apr 22—2022

Anxiety, Depression, family, Fatherhood, marriage, middle class life, Parenthood, Recovery, Relationships, Sobriety

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on the surface

Apr 19—2022

Alcoholism, Anxiety, Depression, family, Fatherhood, making ends meet, marriage, middle class life, Parenthood, Recovery, Sobriety

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one year later — looking up

Nov 3—2021

Alcoholism, Depression, family, marriage, middle class life, parenting, Recovery, Sobriety, Uncategorized, Writing

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getting my vodka for the week

Mar 6—2021

Alcoholism, Anxiety, Depression, making ends meet, middle class life, poetry, Recovery, Sobriety, Uncategorized, Writing, writing blogs

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above and below

Jul 26—2020

Alcoholism, Being a dad, blogging, Creative Writing, Depression, family, family life, Fatherhood, Fishing, Freewriting, making ends meet, marriage, middle class life, Parenthood, parenting, small town life, Uncategorized

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bodies in motion

May 15—2020

Anxiety, Being a dad, Belief systems, Creative Writing, death and dying, Depression, Faith, family, family life, Fatherhood, Hope, life, life and death, Life on Earth, marriage, middle class life, Parenthood, parenting, poetry, raising kids, reading, Relationships, Uncategorized, Writing, writing blogs

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shove it down

May 11—2020

Anxiety, Being a dad, Depression, family, family life, Fatherhood, Hope, making ends meet, marriage, middle class life, Parenthood, parenting, poetry, raising kids, Relationships, Uncategorized, Writing, writing blogs

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