by Liz | Apr 7, 2020 | Addict, Alcoholic, but Sober Doesn't, Clean Time, Gratitude, Long-Term Sobriety, Love, Marriage, Online Meetings, Recovery, Relationships, Right Now May Suck, Scared, Sober, Sobriety, Surviving, Things To Do, Uncategorized
Does this Coronavirus quarantine suck for you? You get to say no. Really! Some people LOVE it. I know several people that are on a paid vacation right now. I also know people who are HAPPY to be working instead of stuck at home with nowhere to go. And I’m...
by Liz | Feb 4, 2020 | Addict, Alcoholic, Boundaries in Sobriety, Brain, Clean Time, Drugs, Insulin, Long-Term Sobriety, Meds, Meetings, Pancreas, Recovery, Relapse, Sober, Sober in Recovery, Sobriety, Sponsee, Sponsor, Third Tradition
So, pot is legal where I live now. Ugh. Now, I am meeting people in recovery who smoke pot on a daily basis and say they are sober. This leaves me feeling… I am now officially “old school” and considered an “old timer” in this...
by Liz | Nov 20, 2019 | Addict, Alcoholic, Boundaries in Sobriety, Clean Time, Long-Term Sobriety, Love, Recovering, Recovery, Relapse, Sober, Sobriety, Sponsee, Sponsor, Uncategorized
I just got off the phone with another friend who relapsed. I am crying. She is angry. Angry because she can no longer hide in her addiction? She’s been “busted”? People now know what...
by Liz | Sep 7, 2019 | Addict, Alcoholic, Anorexic, Clean Time, Long-Term Sobriety, Recovered, Recovering, Recovery, Sober, Sobriety
Are you sober? Recovered? Recovering? Clean? Abstinent? What’s the difference between these? Do you think these labels matter? I don’t. If you’ve read any of my previous stuff, you’ve probably noticed that I’m not hung up on labels. Other...
