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...
by Liz | Aug 22, 2019 | Addict, Alcoholic, Clean Time, Grieving, Long-Term Sobriety, Recovery, Sober and Grieving, Sobriety
Have you ever lost someone? A friendship? A pet? Were these losses the result of a death or a break-up? As it turns out…loss is loss. Grieving can come after many types of loss…not just death. Loss of a job, relationship, or even loss of an addiction is...
