Author: Allison Healan Lawrence

While I was in photography school (about 7 months into school) I was asked by my instructor to help the drafting instructor by photographing some rooms in the building for… Continue reading My Fiance: God does answer prayers

In an earlier post I said that I felt like I would not be ok unless I had a beer an arm’s length away from me at all times. That… Continue reading My First Addiction and you won’t believe it…

I’ve always felt a little different. I love my family very much, but I don’t really feel like I fit in. Can’t really explain why – it’s just a feeling… Continue reading The Feeling Machine: family chaos and drama growing up

So two days after I won GOAL Eric and I were to be married. I was at home getting ready and decided I needed to pack for the honeymoon. I… Continue reading My Wedding Day and ALL the Drama that goes with it!

I continued to do very well in school. As I think back over my younger years I generally had always done well in school, and pretty much any extracurricular activity… Continue reading What happened….. the alcoholic and the drinking career begins

So when I was 19 just before I started school to become a professional photographer, my sister and brother-in-law invited me to go to the Virgin Islands with them on… Continue reading The First Drink: an alcoholic in the making

I guess the best place to start is the beginning. I’m 51. I grew up in a small rural town called Winder, Georgia. That was really the address, and the… Continue reading What it was like….. the beginning. My journey to Sobriety…

Hi, my name is Allison. It is my intent to share my experience, strength, and hope with whoever finds this information. If you have happened upon this blog then you… Continue reading I’m Allison, an alcoholic with years of sobriety and bipolar disorder !!