5 Tips To Create The Recovery Lifestyle

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 The Recovery Lifestyle Is The Missing Piece If you are in recovery from anything and you are not loving your life, you may want to look at that. I’m not saying anyone’s life is, or should be, perfect all the time. But, feeling joy, satisfaction, even love, are the things we work on our recovery for […]

My Sober Birthday: We Wrote A Book About It

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My 16th Sober Birthday: Our Triumph Over Dysfunction My daughter Lindsey and I got sober, launched a website, produced documentaries, broke up for 4 horrible years and when we got back together, we wrote some books. What a spring and summer we have had in my 16th sober birthday year. Our book, The Mother Daughter […]

Sober Curious Mom Writes New Book

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I Was A Sober Curious Mom Determined To Help My Child In Recovery Being sober curious changed my whole life when I explored ways to support my child in recovery. Lindsey has been my inspiration for more than a decade since we produced The Secret World Of Recovery. and launched Reach Out Recovery as mother/daughter […]

Why Accountability Is The Key To My Recovery

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Accountability Is What Makes My Recovery Work Accountability is something we all should know about and incorporate into our lives. It’s doing the right thing after you may have done the wrong thing For the purpose of this article, I’m writing about sponsorship in the program of Alcoholics Anonymous. I am not trying to convince […]

Do You Feel Bad About Missed Opportunities?

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Accepting Missed Opportunities And Lost Time Are Part Of Addiction Recovery I can’t tell you how many times in my life I’ve felt awful about my missed opportunities and lost time. When I was in active addiction, I missed a magical semester abroad, friends’ weddings, and so many family and friend events. I quit jobs […]

How To Stop The Compare And Despair

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Do you forget to focus on progress and lose yourself in compare and despair? I know better than to compare and despair. It’s a waste of time and gets me into trouble every single time. But, occasionally I find myself bereft because I forgot my own advice and I did a compare and despair. Here’s […]