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.
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...
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...
Preparing for all the feelings
We don’t talk enough about all the feelings that happen in early sobriety.
I've talked about committing to The Deep Yes, taking a first step, and understanding the...
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....
Pamela Devenport
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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.