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A Decade Sober
I am 10 years sober today. A whole decade. It feels unreal and at the same time, my only reality. Only recently have I come to realize what a big deal this is. It just has seemed necessary not something I have accomplished for so many years. It wasnāt an option in my mind. I had to stay sober or I would die. I didnāt want to die, so I didnāt use. Recently, I have been on the other side ofā¦
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Heavy Heart
I have a heavy heart. I carry such weighted emotion. My addict personality is a symptom of this affliction. I believe that I used to feel relief from that burden. I just didnāt want to feel, even if just for a moment. I know now that there is no temporary fix to a heavy heart. I know that using only makes the burden greater, not less. The only course for me is to feel those emotions, meet them,ā¦
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Keep Your Red Flags to Yourself
Keep Your Red Flags toĀ Yourself
Dating is hard. Dating in your late 30s, sober, single mom with an inconsistent custody schedule is hard. I have thought about this post for a while now, whether or not I should write it and more and more I have had people talk to me about their own struggles being in similar situations. I still think about when my daughter asked me why I couldnāt keep a boyfriendā¦we soon found out where she hadā¦
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Hot Mess Express to The Little Engine That Could
Hot Mess Express to The Little Engine ThatĀ Could
I donāt know when it happened. It was slow and gradual. For the majority of my young adult life I have been an absolute hot mess. I was that train wreck that you were so horrified yet mesmerized byā¦could it possibly get any worse? I made mistake after mistake. I laughed about what a disaster I was. What else could I really do about it? What I had to do was get sober or die. 9 years later so youā¦
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Legacy
Legacy; finding purpose in recovery
It is no secret that I have had obstacles in my life. I donāt think they are any more than other peopleās, they are just mine, all I know. In the middle of these life obstacles, I often felt like I was never going to make it out. I honestly believed that some of them would kill me, but guess what? Here I am, so obviously they did not. I have mentioned before that I felt sadness about the timeā¦
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9 Years Sober
I got sober to save my life.
I stay sober to truly live.
It has been 9 years since I have been a drunk. Sometimes it seems like forever ago, like I donāt even know that girl and then other times it feels like yesterday. Most people I know now donāt know that girl. Many people refuse to believe that I was āthat bad off.ā I was physically, emotionally and mentally dependent on alcohol forā¦
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Attitude of Gratitude
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Gratitude
/ĖÉ”radÉĖt(y)oĶod/
noun
the quality of being thankful; readiness to show appreciation for and to return kindness.
Gratitude is a warm feeling of thankfulness towards the world, or towards specific individuals. The person who feels gratitude is thankful for what they have, and does not constantly seek more.
There it isā¦. That āconstantly seeking moreā part thatā¦
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Alone
Alone, healing and dating in recovery
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This is a difficult post to write. Fully open and out there, but I think it is important to put out there because this has been one of my biggest struggles in recovery. It has been 4 years since I got divorced from Vivās dad. The truth is, I thought I would be married now. I thought I would date as sober me, real me and God would justā¦
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The Witching Hour
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Halloween and Christmas are our 2 favorite holidays. Yes, I realize that they are very different to be oneās favorite, but here is why. To me, both celebrate the best things in life. Halloween is about celebrating the magic, fantasy, imagination and Christmas is about celebrating the love, connections and generosity. Halloween is also special for my daughter and I becauseā¦
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Drowning
Mostly, I write about how great sobriety is. I talk about how much I love my life. I want to share the good that recovery has given me. However, there are the other days that I guess I donāt talk about much. I think I donāt mainly because there are days I am just completely exhausted. There are days that I feel so overwhelmed by sadness I feel like I am drowning. My emotions are so heavy I feelā¦
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My Sunflower
Facing the sun is a choice the sunflower makes every single day.
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When someone asks, āhow are you?ā and you say, āeh,ā they nod in agreement. This is new for me, as in, most people are feeling just eh about things. It is like we are all stuck in this seemingly never ending what if life. We are all pooh and piglet wandering through the fog now.ā¦
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Level Up, Baitcaster Edition
Level Up, BaitcasterĀ Edition
My protocol is usually, try new things. If I am not good at said new thing, I quit. That was the old me, until I found fishing. I am an addict, addicted to the new, always chasing the dragon that does not actually exist. Everything was disposable, until I had my daughter. My child and my sobriety changed everything. Sobriety has forced me to reevaluate all my thought processes. I had to examineā¦
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Above all else, be kind.
Above all else, beĀ kind.
We are all very aware of the gigantic whirlwind at a snails pace rollercoaster 2020 has been. Sometimes, I still feel like we are all going to wake up and it will be fine. But it wonāt. There is no normal to go back to and honestly, why would we want to go back? If we are honest, something needed to change with the direction our world was going in at light speed, but this was definitely not whatā¦
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Donāt Mess with Mama Bear and Her Babyās Oils
Donāt Mess with Mama Bear and Her BabyāsĀ Oils
So there was an incident and I just feel like it needs to be addressed. I have been using essential oils since my daughter was about 3 years old. I wish I had found them sooner! I was completely ignorant about the power of those drops of oily goodness when I started using them over 5 years ago. There was a steep learning curve, especially in the beginning, but it was worth it. I am now finishingā¦
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This is 37
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I made it 37 years of life. I know, I am as surprised as you are. I never really had a plan about how I wanted me life to go because the truth is, I didnāt think I would make it this far. When unexpected trauma changes the entire trajectory of your life at 15, life tends to get a little squirrelly. All though, when is trauma ever expected? I spentā¦
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Pandemic Parenting
Anyone else feel like they are failing at parenting during this pandemic, or is it just me? 2 months in and every day I feel a like I am slipping just a little bit more. I love my child more than my own life, but yāall, I am beyond ready for her to just go somewhere during the day when I am trying to work. Does that make me a bad mom? I hope not because I am counting down the days before she goesā¦
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We are not all in the same boat.
We are not all in the sameĀ boat.
Really, this whole stay at home order would be so much harder on me if I didnāt have a boat. I donāt even say that as a joke. I bought a boat last year and it really didnāt move a whole lot from itās parking spot. I am so thankful to now have a best friend that is just as excited as me to get out on the water! It truly is a perfect escape from this interesting reality we are all living right now.ā¦
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