Updated on April 18, 2016 by Sober Mommies
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“You can’t come home.” Those words shocked the heck out of me. I had gone in an Emergency Room looking for drugs again, and had actually needed surgery. I didn’t get my drugs on the street. My “dealer”… Read More
Updated on October 22, 2016 by Sober Mommies
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She is 5’3”, 145 pounds, dressed in business casual, and has curly hair. She drives to work in her black mini van, lucky enough to have the opportunity to bring her kids to work with her. For the last… Read More
Category: Drug Addiction, Finding Balance, Self-image, The Stigma Tags: Addiction, Clean and Sober, drug addiction, fear, feelings, getting clean, Getting sober, Health, Recovery, shame, Sobriety, staying sober, Substance abuse, Triggers, Wanting to drink, Wanting to use
Updated on April 24, 2014 by Rachel
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I met my significant other during the last two years of my active drug addiction, so he has seen me behave pretty badly. He was the one standing next to me apologizing for my behavior while we were… Read More
Category: Drug Addiction Tags: Addiction, drug addiction, Family, getting clean, habit, Health, memories, Recovery, shame, staying clean, Substance abuse
Updated on August 5, 2015 by Rachel
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I remember learning about the obsession and compulsion cycle when I first came into recovery, and writing extensively about it. Not being able to think about anything other than the object of my obsession for hours and hours,… Read More
Category: Depression, Drug Addiction, Self-image Tags: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcohol intoxication, Alcoholism, Balance, Clean and Sober, compulsion, control, drug addiction, early sobriety, food, getting clean, habit, Health, obsession, overeating, Substance abuse, undereating
Updated on January 12, 2014 by Sober Mommies
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Sober Mommies A collection of submissions from non-professionals – in and out of recovery – with reality-based experience to share – about motherhood & active addiction, the multiple pathways to recovery, and also about what it’s like to… Read More
Category: Early Recovery Tags: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcohol intoxication, Alcoholic beverage, Alcoholism, drug addiction, early sobriety, getting clean, Getting sober, habit, Health, hope, Mental Health, motherhood, Recovery, shame, sober, stigma, Substance abuse, Support, Wanting to drink, Wanting to use
She is an Addict
Updated on October 22, 2016 by Sober Mommies
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She is 5’3”, 145 pounds, dressed in business casual, and has curly hair. She drives to work in her black mini van, lucky enough to have the opportunity to bring her kids to work with her. For the last… Read More
Category: Drug Addiction, Finding Balance, Self-image, The Stigma Tags: Addiction, Clean and Sober, drug addiction, fear, feelings, getting clean, Getting sober, Health, Recovery, shame, Sobriety, staying sober, Substance abuse, Triggers, Wanting to drink, Wanting to use