# Recovery
The greatest gift of sobriety is recovering the person I was meant to be and getting to spend time with him.
Everyone else is having a great time, everyone else knows what to do, everyone else’s life is just better.
I drank for 45 years to try and live like I thought everyone else lived.
I drank for 45 years to try and live like I thought everyone else lived.
T.B.D. • Doctor, My Eyes
It takes time and patience and steady pressure to extract the weed, the negative traits, the damaging and self-destructive ways of thinking. That process, by itself, is a profound act of self-acceptance. The next profound act of self-acceptance is understanding that the job will never be completely done, some traits, some thinking patterns that... See more
T.B.D. • The Right Way to Pull a Weed
My body knows — has always known — what I want. The feeling of ease and sinking into, yes. This. This feels right.
In sobriety, I am recalling what my body wants.
What I have to tease out in sobriety is what is a nervous feeling for good reason, and what is a nervous feeling from trauma.
The body knows, my favorite Boundaries Coach Molly Davis... See more
In sobriety, I am recalling what my body wants.
What I have to tease out in sobriety is what is a nervous feeling for good reason, and what is a nervous feeling from trauma.
The body knows, my favorite Boundaries Coach Molly Davis... See more
Overcoming the tyranny of choice in sobriety
my ideal self doesn’t exist.
Nadia Bolz-Weber • Shutting up the asshole in my head.
The lie in every alcoholic heart is this:
I need to be something different than who I am in order to make my way in the world.
At first, alcohol helped me make that difficult caterpillar to butterfly transformation., from who I was to who I thought I needed to be. Later on, it helped me forget about the burgeoning distance between what I knew of... See more
I need to be something different than who I am in order to make my way in the world.
At first, alcohol helped me make that difficult caterpillar to butterfly transformation., from who I was to who I thought I needed to be. Later on, it helped me forget about the burgeoning distance between what I knew of... See more
T.B.D. • Into The Distance
I knew that I had once again repeated the same old pattern: I threw everything I could into the relationship (all caution to the wind) and spent no time on taking care of myself and dealing with my own problems.
I bet all my chips on thinking that if I could find “love” that my relationship would solve all my problems.
I was wrong.
I bet all my chips on thinking that if I could find “love” that my relationship would solve all my problems.
I was wrong.
Ron Vitale • What Would You Choose? - By Ron Vitale
the thing I did that seemed completely impossible at the start was this: I started to live my own life, the one that was meant for me.
I stopped listening to what other people said, I stopped listening to what I imagined people were saying. I stopped listening to the nonsense I said. I started listening to my heart. I stopped pretending and started... See more
I stopped listening to what other people said, I stopped listening to what I imagined people were saying. I stopped listening to the nonsense I said. I started listening to my heart. I stopped pretending and started... See more
substack.com • Chinese Food, Serenity and Five Years of Sobriety
Go to bed earlier. Wake up and move right away. Find sunlight and get in it. Even when you feel tired, go on a walk. Cheer yourself on the entire time. These small shifts are creating an entirely new version of yourself. Commit to them, and you’ll be a different person.