# Recovery
My drinking grew from fearing what the Universe had in store for me; Sobriety has been accepting what the Universe has in store for me.
substack.com • Tiny, Rogue Strawberries - By T.B.D.
I work with extroverts, people who were never the kid no one wanted to sit next to on the bus
Ben T G • Washing my shirts in hot till I feel swole
The live bough bends. The dead twig snaps.
Mark Nepo
I’m slowly making a new life. It began by accepting what was; That I was an alcoholic who lacked the power to control my drinking. That I needed help. That I couldn’t go on the way I had been living.
T.B.D. • Into The Distance
I don’t how shame came to be part of the equation of who I am—but it ran pretty deep. I think that sense of inner shame is pretty common among us alcoholics and addicts; it’s true that drinking and using let us escape other people and external obligations—but it was mostly me that I was running from.
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Do the next right thing and the next right thing will happen.
The things that are supposed to happen, generally do happen
The things that are supposed to happen, generally do happen
Sources of Inspiration
I was a shy and anxious kid, consumed by big feelings and perfectionism, neither of which I understood.
Quitting Alcohol Was a Natural Extension of Yoga
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Why We Dread (and Ditch) Our Own Social Plans, Plus 3 Tools to Try
I can see that I’m lot kinder to myself in the aftermath of these moments. There’s a lot less judgment, and I'm a lot quicker to apologize and try to repair. I can objectively say that my life is one thousand percent better sober, yet I can’t stop imagining the other lives that I want or obsessing over the lives I haven’t had. And then all of my... See more