
Telling Your Story: Act 2 – How to Write Your Story – The Short and Sweet Version
This is Part 2 of 2. Read Telling Your Story: Act 1 here. Many people find journaling and writing out their thoughts helpful, but then
This is Part 2 of 2. Read Telling Your Story: Act 1 here. Many people find journaling and writing out their thoughts helpful, but then
This is Part 1 of 2. Read Telling Your Story: Act 2 – How to Write Your Story – The Short and Sweet Version here.
There is no power in delusion. Yet, we keep a lot of delusions around. The reason we keep them is that sometimes they seem to
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“Triggers are social, environmental, or emotional situations that remind people in recovery of their past drug or alcohol use. These cues bring about urges that
We are now in the world that is quite different from what it was a year ago. It is safe to say that a lot
One of the assumptions people make about someone quitting drugs or alcohol is that they are now sober. According to one definition, sober means “not
Today I celebrate an anniversary of 15 years of sobriety from alcohol. I cannot state any revelations at this milestone, except to say that I’ve
One of the most painful aspects of trauma and/or addiction is that becoming personally acquainted with it often shows us just how separate we are
It’s my birthday today, and a significant one at that – I’ve turned 60, which is a nice round number and one that I get
If you’re new to recovery, you might be under the impression that the only way to it is via a 12-step program. Whether you search
I got physically sober in a hospital setting, which was followed by a residential treatment stay. There, I was introduced to a 12-step program, which
Consider these statistics from the recent AddictionPolicy.org COVID-19 survey: Twenty percent of respondents reported increased substance use since the COVID-19 pandemic began. One in three
In the past few months, many of us have been forced to really slow down. Whether we’ve lost our jobs, had them suspended, were told
Recently, there has been some upheaval in the recovery circles—especially the traditional ones, such as AA—about the article “The Patriarchy of Alcoholics Anonymous” by Holly
There are certain emotions that are more damaging to our well-being than others. Those emotions are guilt, fear, and shame. Yet many of us inexplicitly
It’s a given that the stories of people with trauma are tragic. It’s how we deal with those tragedies that decide on how successfully we
I’ve noticed something on social media that’s reminded me of something that used to happen in the rooms of Alcoholics Anonymous: people boasting about the
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