Getting Sober Was The Single Bravest Thing

I Am Appalled That The Term We Use To Talk About Aging Is 'anti'. Aging Is Human Evolution In Its Pure Form. Death, Taxes And Aging .... We Are All Going To Age And Soften And Mellow And Transition.

I Was Doing A Children's Book On Self-esteem, And I Really Felt Like I Wanted To Shed The Shame I'd Been Feeling - And Maybe Make It Easier For Women My Age Who Had Probably Felt Bad About Themselves.

I Work With The National Center On Addiction And Substance Abuse At Columbia University. I Sit Proudly As One Of Only Two Recovering Addicts On Their Board.

My Husband Once Said He'd Never Met Anybody Who Walked So Fast And Ran So Slowly. As I Said, It's A Little Hard For Me To Try New Things, And This Was Me Facing A Fear That I'd Had My Whole Life. Since I Had No Experience Running, I Felt Like A Failure Before I'd Even Begun.

It's Not That I'm Retired, I Just No Longer Accept Acting Work.