Sobriety, Serenity, and Life on Life's Terms
More than 72,000 Americans died from drug overdoses in 2017. 72,000. You would think that with the level that the opioid crisis has reached in recent years, most of the public would have some basic understanding of addiction by now. But you'd be wrong. One evening, I'm scrolling through my Facebook feed and stumble upon …
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Thank you to my friends at the recovery podcast, Bright Lights & Dark Delusions, for asking me to be a guest cohost on a couple of their episodes. When should you start a relationship in sobriety? What does a healthy relationship in sobriety look like? Click below to take a listen as LD and I …
When we enter our journey into sobriety, all of us have a different relationship status. Some of us might be married, some in a committed relationship, and some of us might be single. No matter what your relationship status is when you decide to get sober, romantic relationships can be complicated. I get asked all …
I've been putting off writing this blog for a while because as much as it's something that needs to be talked about, it's just uncomfortable. But you know what? It doesn't need to be. And the only way that we can help people is by being honest about what's really going on in parts of …
Willingness. It's defined by the Oxford Dictionary as,"the quality or state of being prepared or ready to do something." There are plenty of things that I can honestly say I will be pretty much always be willing to do. Am I willing to go to the beach? Yup. Willing to take a nap? Always. Willing …
I didn't really start coming "out" about my life of recovery until the last year or so (which was at almost seven years sober). It's not that I was purposely trying to hide anything, but I guess I wanted to get some time under my belt and allow people to make their mind up about …
I have been asked two questions a lot lately, so I thought I would take some time to answer them. The questions are: How long did it take before you stopped wanting to drink/use? What did you do to make that happen? Well, here's my answer. I don't remember exactly how long I had been …
Continue reading The Day I Realized the Obsession to Drink and Drug Was Gone
