Don’t Give Up Sobriety Takes Time To Love
Key To Sobriety: Don’t Give Up Updated 3/17/25 Sobriety is a challenge for everyone at first. I did not want to get sober when I was 21. I went to rehab because I was killing myself and literally thought, “I just need a reset.” That first rehab was not about finding sobriety at all. But, […]
5 Tips To Create The Recovery Lifestyle
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 […]
Don’t Leave Before The Miracle Happens
Miracles Like Recovery Don’t Happen On Our Timeline When I speak in recovery circles, the first thing I admit is that I am no one chip wonder. I didn’t get sober once, twice, or even three times. I have been getting sober for 24 years. I got a year, then lost eight. I went to […]
How To Live With A Drinker When You’re Sober
You can learn to live with a drinker if it won’t challenge your own sobriety I learned to live with a drinker and it’s not always easy, but it’s the choice I’ve made. This may not be the right choice for you, so if you feel that living with someone who drinks alcohol is too […]
6 Tips To Find Hope
Here’s How To Find Hope In Recovery Learning how to find hope early on is tough. Especially if addiction has caused you to be in circumstances that you’re not proud of, like financial instability, legal troubles, family break-ups, etc. There are a lot of hopeless addicts out there and I get it because I was […]
Challenges Of High Functioning Mental Illness
What Does It Mean To Have High Functioning Mental Illness Have You Heard Of High Functioning Mental Illness? Just like high-functioning alcoholics, there are also high functioning people struggling with mental illness. But, before we get into all that, you need to know this question: what is high-functioning mental illness? High-functioning mental illness is when someone […]