I was hired as a news reporter for CFTO in Toronto, the flagship station for the national network, CTV. It was 1983. I was 29, eager to please, bright-eyed with a ready smile, shoulder-length, thick blonde hair…and terrified. Within the [...]
Her boobs were big and droopy for a twelve-year-old. She wasn’t very popular and made up for it by being an exhibitionist. She would show off those bare boobs from her bedroom window on the second floor of her red-brick, [...]
“The addicted lawyer’s work and family can be seriously affected. The addicted person can feel helpless, frustrated, ashamed, guilty, and hopeless and be unwilling, perhaps unable, to address the health issues squarely. Also, most lawyers spend their time dealing with [...]
“I was very proud of the fact that I never missed a day as a result of my addiction. That’s what kept on telling me that I must not be an addict because I had a job and I kept [...]
"My whole life, despite the fact that I was smart, attractive, in good shape, a nice person, I believed that I was useless, completely useless. And I felt brown on the inside and I didn’t know why. I remember just being [...]
She was on top of her game with 30 years as a successful businesswoman and a career that spanned three continents. She had very senior roles and oversaw 150,000 people. And, although she did not drink at work, she was [...]