"Well" Is Now Available On Amazon

I am pleased to announce the publication of my memoir, Well.  You can find it on Amazon by searching "Well Alias In Town".  Or click on this link  Buy Well
You can view the book trailer here Well Book Trailer Video


I chose the pen name Alias In Town because it is an anagram of my name and because in every town there are alias people living with chronic illness, chronic pain, addiction and depression.   The book includes information on Identity, Authenticity, Addiction, Coping, Grief and other topics associated with living well while ill.

Well by Alias In Town, began as a memory book project compiling relative journal
entries, poetry, essays and original artwork in an effort to tell the story of a life
journey through brokenness to recovery. This activity morphed into an incredibly
vulnerable and emotionally raw memoir.

"Well is a testament to the courage of a strong woman who has allowed God to be

her Shepherd 'even though she walked through the valley of the shadow of death'
...this story is one of hope.” - J.Shomo, RN

"Thank you, for this. I have no doubt the Lord will use your book to help many.
Thank you for bearing your soul. "

- J. Mize

From My Journal October 2, 2012

Journal Entry - October 2, 2012

I actually tried to commit suicide.  This illness has completely overtaken my life.  

In July I had reached critical mass and it all crashed in.  I’m climbing out of the abyss,

slowly but steadily. I’m working very hard...very hard.  This is the most difficult thing

I have ever done. It’s frustrating to me that people who know me best, now see me in

such a negative light.

I used to be:

(List not included)

Now I am no longer those things. I am no longer her.  I haven’t been her for a long

time. That is NOT my identity now.  I hear from people or feel the expectation of

others they want that person back.  Well that person is gone. Truth is I miss her too.

But she was just a construct.  I am me and I am right here.

A new way of living will be built, but it will be a temporary construct as well.  

That is how life should always be.

A Journal Entry From Well

Journal Entry - March 15, 2011

It seems I am at a loss for words to record my life in this journal.  Sometimes still waters run so deep that it is not beneficial to disturb the surface.  I think, for now anyway, I want the lurking truths under the shallows of my still-water-life to stay put!  No confessions. Certainly not on paper anyway!