My Badass Recovery Musings
My musings on all things addiction, shame, transformation, relapse, hope, and all the other wild-but-beautiful stuff that comes with a life centered around recovery.
The Deep Yes
I’d had 5 years of sobriety the day I found myself in the parking lot of a CVS, pouring warm Chardonnay down my throat. That was the first day of my relapse: a two-year tumble back down the...
SHE RECOVERS Podcast Interview: Trauma and my addiction
It was such an honor to appear on the SHE RECOVERS Podcast! I love any chance to connect with Taryn or Dawn, and their podcast honors and works through the idea that everyone is recovering from...
Loving the crap out of my inner addict
I am writing to you wrapped in blankets, cradled on a hammock under pine trees, in the middle of an East Texas forest. The air is chill, the sky is deep blue and my cellphone has zero bars....
Recovery starts with me
The first time I got sober in 2009, my idea of “recovery” only pertained to my drinking. I didn’t see any other issue to personally recover from, other than the very clear toxic...
Being Present on Mother's Day
I am one of the lucky ones. One of the VERY lucky ones.
First, because at 43, I have a mother who is the compass of my soul. Second, because I have an amazing mom who always loved me, lifted me...
My (finally perfect) Thanksgiving.
Thanksgiving has always made me feel like an outsider, a foreigner enjoying somebody else's holiday. Having grown in Mexico, my Mother made a turkey for my dad's birthday (which happens on or...
Living Life on Life's Terms (or how to stop arguing with reality)
How do we turn frustration into gratitude?
How do we grow spiritually?
How do we make the best of a bad situation?
How do we learn to live life on life's terms?
I grew up with a father who loved...
Pamela Devenport
Author
As a Recovery Coach - but mostly as a person living a sober life - I love to share my musings. You see, in recovery we see things with a completely different filter than other people. The default of that filter is lack and resentment: what you "can't do" anymore. The work we do to shift our approach of recovery, gets us to flip the filter to one of abundance + gratitude. These writings capture the journey of this intentional mind-frame - which is not always easy, but always worth seeking. Enjoy and pass these on to those who can benefit from them.