by Liz | Aug 19, 2020 | 12 Steps, Gratitude, Grieving, Long-Term Sobriety, Love, Mom, Mother, My First Sponsor, Recovery, Relationships, Sponsee, Sponsor, Women
This post is dedicated to Kate…my first Sponsor. In case you don’t know what a Sponsor is (and yes, I mean to capitalize the term), a Sponsor is a person that acts as a mentor or guide through the 12 Steps of any Anonymous program of recovery...
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 | Apr 1, 2019 | Birthdays, Clean Time, Long-Term Sobriety, Recovery, Sober, Sober Birthdays, Sobriety, Sponsee, Sponsor, Uncategorized
Sober Birthdays are weird…I just had one two weeks ago. On St. Patrick’s day, of all days! I love the irony of it!It really doesn’t matter how many I’ve had…the APPROACH to each one has been different.Perhaps for some people they arrive...