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Aug 05, 2025 Some days will just suck

I'm all about using the filters of love and abundance and seeing life through the eyes of possibility. However. I'm also all about getting real and not fighting with reality. I don't try to change things into something they're not. 

 

In reality, some days in our recovery journey will just suck. 

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Aug 02, 2025 Living in lack vs abundance

Maryanne Williamson presents life as a moment-to-moment journey of choosing between Love and Fear. 

 

The filter of love is based on abundance. It sources our thoughts, actions, and feelings from a place of intuition, generosity, compassion, and faith. Love is based on abundance and possibility. T...

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Jul 23, 2025 6 sober morning rituals that help me stay at peace

Here's the truth: early sobriety made mornings like walking into a room full of noise and not knowing where the volume knob was. I used to wake up in a full-body haze. Shame hanging around like a hangover even when I hadn't had a drink. 

 

So I started building mornings that were mine again. Not p...

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Jun 24, 2025 How sobriety helped me walk into a room full of strangers.

 

Last night I was invited to a party. One of those parties.

Wine flowing. Pearls. Polo shirts. Red-soled shoes that probably cost more than my rent.

 

It’s been quite a month: grief after losing my dog, getting knocked out sick, and facing the truth of a lifetime of undiagnosed ADHD. So when th...

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May 05, 2025 The Truth About That ‘One Drink’ You Didn’t Plan On

You Drank Again. Now What?

You didn’t plan to.
You told yourself, not this time.
Just one. Just Friday. Just the weekend.
But now it’s Monday, and your body is buzzing with regret, your mind is heavy, and that familiar shame loop is whispering, “What the hell is wrong with me?”

Let’s cut through t...

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Mar 25, 2025 The Craving Monster Came. I Won.

 

I’m not someone who gets “depressed.”

I’ve had my fair share of hard seasons—ones that cracked me open and tested everything I thought I knew—but I’ve always been able to pick myself up. That’s the beautiful, brutal gift of recovery. Since 2009, I’ve walked the path of healing, armed with tools ...

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Dec 27, 2024 365 Days of Trying—And Why 2025 Needs to Be Different

 

Picture this:

it’s December 31st. You’re standing in front of the bathroom mirror, brushing your teeth. The party is over, the glasses have been emptied, and it’s just you now—you and that reflection staring back. The dark circles under your eyes. The bloat that no diet seems to touch. And the ...

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Mar 16, 2024 I fell off a cliff to find my way home.

Well, hola again.

Yes, it's me. Remember me? The chick who was so empowered about her sobriety that it verged on obnoxious? The woman who was cheering you on as you got sober for the first or the 100th time? The girl who was constantly churning out courses, podcasts, and sober-badass content? Yep, ...

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Jul 03, 2022 You don't have to drink this Independence Day weekend

 

 

I USED TO CELEBRATE INDEPENDENCE DAY BY CUTTING OFF MY INDEPENDENCE – WITH BOOZE.

 

I will begin with a story that is unfolding in front of my very eyes as I type. It’s July 3rd, Independence Day weekend, and people are ready to celebrate.

 

I stop as I type this and wonder how much there ...

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Mar 12, 2021 Gluing Things Back Together

 

When I started my recovery journey in 2009, I thought sobriety was only about “not drinking.” I had no idea sobriety would become the avenue through which I would become human again, and find the way back “home” to my own heart. 

 

In the depths of my addiction, I felt like the world outside ma...

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Feb 28, 2021 The Relapse Formula

 

Relapse is one of my favorite subjects because I lived in it for two long years. After five years of sobriety, I found myself chugging warm chardonnay in a parking lot.

 

Relapse brought me shame. Shame brought me more relapse.

 

I would drink, feel like a failure (both the world and my own v...

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Feb 17, 2021 A Vision for Your Future

 

Perhaps understanding how addiction hijacks your mind has given you clarity on why willpower will never be enough to get you sober for good. But perhaps it also made you feel a bit hopeless. 

 

I invite you to feel hopeful. Why? Because now you know what the problem is, and this problem has a s...

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