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The Road to a Happy Destiny: Making Amends in Sobriety

The Road to a Happy Destiny: Making Amends in Sobriety

It’s a full moon out tonight. I’m surprised by the countless spaces between each white line that I see in the middle of the road. It’s almost mesmerizing. They illuminate on the stretch before me. I am captivated. All the world is aglow. Time cannot erase the road behind me. I have nothing but the huge open front windshield in front of me. There is only a glimmer of what I left behind in the rearview mirror and then complete and utter darkness. I want to leave it that way, so

New York Attempts to Pass a Legal Injection Site and Expand Treatment For Heroin Addicts

New York Attempts to Pass a Legal Injection Site and Expand Treatment For Heroin Addicts

While it’s not true that New York has, or is planning to legalize heroin, there is a controversial plan that has been proposed by an Upstate New York mayor to provide supervised heroin injection clinics. Ithaca mayor Svante Myrick has proposed a new approach to dealing with the current opiate epidemic, and it involves allowing people to shoot heroin under the supervision of a nurse. There’s more to his plan, but for many people, the idea of green-lighting heroin use is simply

The ABC's and 123's of Grief in Sobriety

The ABC's and 123's of Grief in Sobriety

It’s blue. It’s mangy. It’s grimaced. It doesn’t make any sense when it talks to you. It’s a cross between the Cookie Monster and Oscar the Grouch. It lives in the trash can in the allies of our hearts. It rears its head when it wants to. You have no control over the monster that is within. It’s called grief. There is no happy little street where everyone gets along or alphabet songs to sing that will help anyone make sense of what is happening when struck with it. So let’s t

The Importance of Peer Support in Recovery

The Importance of Peer Support in Recovery

Growing up I tried so hard to fit in. Too hard. I was the definition of an awkward human. I had no boundaries and let people walk all over me. On top of that I struggled with a bad case of “people pleasing.” I “Needed” to get approval, or attention, unfortunately none of this took away the loneliness I felt. In 8th grade I started to explore what it would be like to be bulimia. This new obsession soon took over my life and took away my need to connect with others. My e

Three Ways to Find Immediate Relief in Recovery

Three Ways to Find Immediate Relief in Recovery

Surrendering to our addiction is one of the bravest, strongest, and courageous things that one can do and it takes work! I want to share with you some personal steps that I had chosen to take immediately upon surrendering that had given me some immediate relief and brought me back “home”. Remove yourself from toxic friends & family It is now time to focus on YOU and what you need to do for yourself is drop anything and anyone that is holding you back from moving forward and m