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7 Years of Sobriety!
Today due to the rad community meetings I attend and following the suggestions given freely to me, I got to celebrate 7 years of sobriety! I have embraced my inner nerd and have learned to love myself for who I am. I could not have done it without my ...MORE
4 Months Sober!!
I am Pat. Sober four months this week 10/26/17. Grateful and so happy for my new tools for living and this new lease on life. Today is already looking like an amazing sober day! ...MORE
Alcohol Sobriety – Karly
Hi guys! Today is my one year sober from alcohol! It’s incredible how much better I feel mentally and physically. I used to beat myself up after a blackout and decided my best bet was to cut alcohol out completely. ...MORE
Addiction & Sobriety – Finally Free
It first started with me being the "party girl" in high school, and then lead to me using heavy cocaine, binge drinking and eventually heroin. I'm now 7.5 months clean and I feel like I have my life back ❤️ ...MORE
Replaced Parties With Love For Humanity
I didn't know how to have fun without alcohol. It hurt so bad and had so many blackouts, I know the other side was watching out for me. Now I'm four years sober and teaching yoga all over California. I spread good vibes and every moment is fun. Kundalini ...MORE
All Recovery Took Was Willingness
My names Ty. I struggled w addiction since I was 12. In 5 months I'll be 40! Alcohol and cocaine was my d.o.a. With heavy use the last 10 yrs. Last yr I was in the emergency room 3x, hit by a car which landed me in jail w ...MORE
My Addiction – Prescription Drugs
Chris Boutté is a mental health and addiction advocate check out his vlog about prescription drug addiction. He is a contributor to Sober Movement through his YouTube channel: The Rewired Soul. Be sure to check out his channel and give him some love by hitting that subscribe button! --- Instagram: TheWiredSoul YouTube: ...MORE
How Recovery Through Fitness Saved My Life
Have you ever felt the need to share your faults, shortcomings and life stories with others in order to become seen and heard? Of course not! Who wants to share the most embarrassing parts of themselves and feel better afterwards? Actually, I do. I want you to know my ...MORE
The Ultimate Rock Bottom of Christmas
For fifty plus years I enjoyed celebrating Christmas mornings with my family. I had never pictured myself waking and spending a morning in a residential rehab facility, let alone Christmas morning. My three kids at home with their mother, and where is dad? Rehab! That morning I thought to myself ...MORE
Sober is Seriously Fashionable!
When was the last time you were properly on trend? Ahead of the curve? Finger on the pulse? For me, it was probably back in the late eighties, when I was an early adopter of the leg warmer, fingerless black lace gloves and the puff ball skirt. I've made ...MORE
Alcohol and Breast Cancer
I used to love Autumn. Falling leaves, woollies and mittens, Bonfire night and Halloween....But then, almost exactly two years ago, I was diagnosed with breast cancer, and Autumn's never been the same since. Now the fallen leaves remind me of standing in the local park, howling like a mad ...MORE
Withdrawals
Consequences of anxiety, sweating, confusion, nausea, vomiting, and even death are just some of the few reasons to become and stay sober. Of course nobody looking at an intoxicant thinks of the withdrawals, but they are very real. Recovering addicts around the world have experienced withdrawals in all forms ...MORE
Understanding Triggers
No, we aren’t talking about the small piece that helps fire a gun; we are talking about sobriety triggers of course! Triggers have a combination of moving parts, but for the purpose of simplicity in this article they fall in two major categories; typical and atypical. Your typical trigger ...MORE
3 Tips for Early Sobriety
What does sobriety mean to you? To us it is any intoxicants that make the mind leave its solemn state. Now before you lose your cool, obviously there are unique medical circumstances. What you do with your doctor and medical prescription is entirely between your doctor and you. What ...MORE