Lisa Borders: Hello, My Name is Lisa, and I'm a Recovering Politician

My name is Lisa Borders, and I'm a Recovering Politician.  I prefer the term public servant, because for me, it's really all about serving the public, not politics, but I'll leave that discussion to another post.

I've been out of office (clean?) since January, 2010, and as of this April 8, 2011, post that's 15 months, 3 days and 10 hours and 15 minutes of sobriety.  While serving as City Council President, or vice mayor, I lost a 2009 bid for Atlanta Mayor.  The loss was painful, but by the...