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Julie Maida has been in abstinence-based recovery since May 2, 2000. She is fiercely determined to advocate for and connect ALL women with the appropriate support and resources necessary to achieve their personal recovery goals. She writes about mothering with mental illness at juliemaida.me.

Sober Mommies 9 Reasons I Want To Drink After 17 Years of Sobriety

9 Reasons I Want To Start Drinking Again

By: Julie Maida

On: June 3, 2018

In: Alcoholism, Recovery, Syndicated Posts We Love, Top 10

With: 33 Comments

There is a part of me—even after seventeen years of sobriety—that whispers ever-so-seductively every summer that it might be acceptable to start drinking again.Read More →

Three Months Sober, Feeling Hopeful

By: Julie Maida

On: April 20, 2018

In: Alcoholism, Self-image

With: 3 Comments

I am going to be someone. I am going to live a life as a functioning, recovering human being. I will laugh when something is funny and cry when I feel sad. I will love and I will lose. I WILL BE LOVED. Read More →

The Truth About Addiction

By: Julie Maida

On: October 16, 2017

In: The Stigma

With: 0 Comments

Addiction does not discriminate. No one can dispute this fact. Addiction is toxic. It seeps its way into everything, for those who are caught in its grip, and overflows into the lives of those around them. Addiction affects children. Every day a baby is born drug dependent; a child buries his mother —Read More →

I Tried to End My Life and It Didn’t Work

By: Julie Maida

On: October 9, 2017

In: Feelings

With: 1 Comment

“I’m here because I tried to end my life and it didn’t work.”
The words flew out of my mouth before I felt the weight of their meaning, and I fought back tears once it came.
I am here for so many reasons, but my life restarted the day after I tried to end it — the day I decided it was maybe worth living. The day I realized that ending my life would mean leaving her behind.Read More →