I want you to think for a minute about how much water you drink each day. Are you getting enough? Do you even know how much “enough” is? Research shows that a healthy adult should be consuming 3 liters of water per day. Now, before you think I’ve gone nuts and start to question how you would manage to drink this much water a day, keep reading. I will give you some tips and ideas that will help you accomplish this very important task. 

The first think you need to do is go out to the store and buy you a reusable water bottle, preferably one liter in size. (That way, you only need to fill your bottle up 3 times per day!) This water bottle needs to go EVERYWHERE you go. It needs to be on your nightstand when you go to bed, with you during your workout, next to you on your desk, in your car when you drive, in your hand at swimming lessons…in fact, if you dare, you can even sneak it in your bag when you go to church! (Yes, I’ll admit I do this on occasion and my husband makes complete fun of me.) I know that if you are a mother, you already feel like you are carrying around 8 million things, but carrying around your water bottle is now going to be right up there in the same category as carrying your cell phone…you would NEVER leave home with out that now would you? That’s exactly how you should feel about your water bottle!

Every single day, you should be drinking 3 liters of water. An easy way to make sure this happens is to spread it out evenly throughout the day. When you first wake up in the morning, your body is famished…drink 8 ounces of water. When you work up a sweat during exercise, your body needs replenishing…drink another 8 ounces. When you sit down for breakfast, lunch and dinner, drink 8 ounces during each and every meal. If you add all of that up with the frequent sips here and there throughout the day, (since it will be conveniently next to you all of the time), before you know it you have filled that water bottle up three times and may even be filling it up a fourth.

Some people have a hard time with the “no-flavor” flavor of water. If this keeps you from drinking 3 liters of water per day, add a little lemon or lime to it. Over time, you will become accustomed to the taste of water and actually start to crave it. Drinking water will help you feel more full and will relieve water retention. It will flush out toxins in your body and help you feel more energized and clean.

So – go out to the store, find a one-liter water bottle and meet your new best friend! Your body and your health will thank you! Drink up!

I don’t even know exactly when my husband moved out. Six weeks ago, or maybe longer. The time since he’s been back from Ohio has been broken up by frequent binges, hotel stays, and finally, moving in with his brother. The countless chances I gave him were all wasted, answered with empty promises and lies.

I still love the man I married. The problem is, I don’t know where he went. What changed him into someone I don’t know? A love affair with cocaine.

Now it seems that he has been clean over the usual week or so. And his brain is waking up. Weeks ago we discussed the end of our marriage. Last night he called me wanting to come home. He is realizing with cruel clarity that our home is no longer his home. People who have never been in my shoes might criticize me, saying that I should stick it out, stand by my man, be more understanding, be kinder to him, and most of all, be quiet.

But I want to be happy.

The very thought of him coming home puts a bigger knot in my stomach than the thought of going broke, being alone, or losing what little I have left. The other night when I told him I found someone else, I didn’t do it to hurt him. I wanted to get the point across — that I have moved on. That I am not going back, and he isn’t going to change my mind. The man I married would know how to make things right. This guy doesn’t really have any idea.

This makes me wonder about two things: my husband’s recovery from his addiction, and my recovery from his addiction. Because his drug of choice didn’t just fry his brain and drain our bank account, it slowly killed my love for him, along with my feelings of security, contentment and trust. Now that I am on my own, I cannot seem to erase doubts and suspicions about things that I once took for granted. I still don’t actually trust him, although I see small signs that he is trying to accept what he has done. I am angry that all the love and attention I put into our marriage just seemed to evaporate into thin air.

My new relationship may work out and it may not. But I feel I have already set myself up for heartbreak… being so damned lonely and not guarding my heart carefully enough. Rational thought tells me to go slow, but my emotions are raw and intense, so I am walking a thin line. I was starving for affection, and didn’t realize it until I found it. But I tell myself I can’t let myself fall in love. I can’t trust another person. Not yet. Maybe not ever.

I tell myself that I don’t care. But I do, I can’t lie. I’d rather take a chance on getting hurt than feel nothing at all. After all the pain I have been through, it feels good think someone might find something special about me. That I can make someone happy. That I still have the capacity to feel giddy and overwhelmed. That maybe, somehow, I might find some joy in my life. 

I can only hope the same for the man I married.

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