Tag: Relapse

  • Start Where You Stand

    Start Where You Stand

    Today I discovered a quote, hidden in a 2009 email written to myself, where I was struggling with drinking, moderating, and perhaps abstinence?   Simply, it said:  “Do not wait; the time will never be ‘just right.’Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command,and better tools will be…

  • FALLING INTO DARKNESS TO FIND THE LIGHT – Slipping but Not Sliding in my 3rd Year Sober

    FALLING INTO DARKNESS TO FIND THE LIGHT – Slipping but Not Sliding in my 3rd Year Sober

    This is a story I hoped that I would never have to tell, but telling my story, including the triumphs and the failures, is the accountability that has helped me stay sober. Nine days ago, in my third year of sobriety, I slipped hard. I drank to a dangerous level, even though I have a…

  • Sobriety Is About Filling the Void with Love

    Sobriety Is About Filling the Void with Love

    We sober up and sober up. Wonder why this keeps happening. Sometimes more help is needed. We act out because of past experiences we had way back as kids when we had no tools to reframe and heal. Imagine my surprise when I put down the bottle, got grief counseling and childhood experiences were entangled…

  • Easing out of the Battle to Stay Sober

    Easing out of the Battle to Stay Sober

    I spent over 2 years battling with my addiction to booze and my drinking got worse before it got better. Over those 2 years of slipping while trying to stay sober, I ended up hating booze so much. Until the triggers happened and the cravings called. Then booze was once again my adult comforter. After…

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