So I’ve been busy. Really really busy. So busy that getting three hours of sleep a night is a good night. Yeah. Balance is important. In every affair and no not the cheat on your spouse kind although that might be a good blog topic for another day. So I’m the new Editor-In-Chief of this [...]
Tag archive for "drug abuse"
the many faces of recovery
I see all these folks writing about “happy”. That recovery is this sugarcoated plastic smiled “O.M.G” malarky. That’s not been my experience. Not even a little. Sure I’m a basically happy person, but I’m also sad and melancholy and afraid and hopeful and angry and and and … I believe the definition we’re looking for [...]
Emotional Intelligence, I Love Recovery
tis’ better to give AND receive.
I was talking with a friend at work yesterday. Per usual it was a good conversation filled with the real deal cream filling center of down and dirty. He looks at me and says oh so calmly… “When exactly do you think you’re going to learn to receive?” Ahem. Excuse me? What do you mean [...]
Celebrity Addiction: do we care and why?
grease lightning …
I grew up watching Grease. Seen it hundreds and hundreds of times. I think … okay I know I had a mad crush on Kenickie. Also known as Jeff Conway. I never could bring myself to watch celebrity rehab or any of that stuff. It felt wrong somehow to me. No offense Dr. Drew … [...]
Emotional Intelligence, How do I DO this stuff?, I Love Recovery
forgive … you.
like similar to; typical of; resembling. like-1 having the same form or characteristics like-2 to find pleasure in; enjoy. So. How exactly do you go from pretty much despising yourself … to actually liking the person you are enough to sit in your own skin? This one? [...]
How do I DO this stuff?, Inside my Mind
i don’t like … this meeting.
Ever walked into a meeting and felt like you were home? How bout the opposite? Walked into a meeting and felt unwelcomed and like you didn’t belong? Like you walked right into the middle of Recovery Clique central? Now. I know what you’re gonna say … there are no strangers only friends we haven’t met yet. [...]
where my HP lives …
My god this is beautiful . – first thought. How amazing is it to be able to fly? – first rhetorical question. My goodness we are so small. – first philosophical ideation. Yes. I am childlike. Yes, I like that about me. Yes, I’m flying to see my guy and am excited as a pig [...]
How do I DO this stuff?, Inside my Mind
ego-maniacal inferiority
Ego-maniac with an inferiority complex. Ever heard that? What do you think it means? Is it applicable to someone you know? Perhaps you? I dunno. Let’s find out. I can tell you I used to hang my hat on this more often than not, once upon a time. Oh yes. This is my memorex memory. [...]
tools that are broken…
Coping skills. We all have them. Gleaned from life experience they protect us (we think) from the outside stimuli battering at our psyche. How we deal with what life can throw at us … matters. Some of these “skills” are faulty. Twisted into unhealthy behaviors that create more problems than they solve. Sometimes tools break [...]
emotional maturity or what would MOM say?
Ever heard the phrase, when we start using we stop growing emotionally. So basically look at the age you first began using and that’s EMOTIONALLY where you’re starting from when you get sober/clean. Scary eh? A bunch of teenagers trying to navigate the social world. Except that many teenagers have learned coping skills through the [...]
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