Category: Recovery

Man, I got to hate hear that and believe me, EVERYONE says it to you during recovery. It is well-intentioned and meant as encouragement and appreciated but it is a lot harder to hear than the non-alcoholic can understand, especially during the beginning stages of recovery.

as the spouse of a teacher, I was fortunate that my insurance was robust enough to cover all of the cost associated with rehab and the IOP treatment that I’m currently currently in. Many don’t have this option, but there are financial aid opportunities that exist for people that want to recover from their addictions. […]

during my rehab stent, several people were thrown out of the program because they broke rules that exist with great justification. It’s very sad when you see a crackhead who’s trying to get better that gets removed from a program only to be essentially put back on the streets and many begin to use immediately. […]

“I found a reason that I could belong. I finally found that I could be someone.” these lyrics to blah blah blah song by blah blah blah ring true for me because once I got out of the Hays caused by my marinating brain, I started to feel again that I could be someone who […]

drop your judgment that you quote don’t have it that bad“ or that others are pathetic because they go to meetings. Just shut up and go to a meeting and you instantly see that the support and love in that meeting no matter where you are, makes you comfortable exposing your vulnerabilities and knowing at […]

after a few days in rehab in October 2023 something clicked for me and I looked around the room and realized that every single person in that room was very intelligent. Often with intelligence and creativity comes frustration and depression and manifest in different ways for different people but for the people in the room […]

Addiction is a disease that can fuel destructive behavior. My destructive behavior started at 15 years old when I should have died from drinking an extreme amount of scotch in a short period of time. What the hell did I know? I was only 15, but I was drawn to the exciting feeling of drinking […]