“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 April 24, 2014 by Rachel Trimble
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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 Trimble
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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
Sober Mommies ContributorA Sober Mommies Contributor is most often a non-professional – in and out of recovery – with reality-based experience to share about motherhood & active addiction, the multiple pathways to recovery, or a family member’s perspective…. 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
Posted on January 10, 2014 by Lauren
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Just last week I was fortunate enough to celebrate six years in the world of recovery from addiction and alcoholism. Like so many other sisters and brothers in sobriety, I could easily list a hundred things that are… Read More
Category: Alcoholism, Drug Addiction, Early Recovery, Gratitude, The Stigma Tags: acceptance, accountability, Addiction, Alcoholism, Drink, drug addiction, early sobriety, getting clean, Getting sober, Health, love, marriage in recovery, mental illness, motherhood, Recovery, sobermommies, Sobriety, staying sober, stigma, Substance abuse, Support, Wanting to drink
Fear Of The Unknown
Updated on January 12, 2014 by Sober Mommies Contributor
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Sober Mommies ContributorA Sober Mommies Contributor is most often a non-professional – in and out of recovery – with reality-based experience to share about motherhood & active addiction, the multiple pathways to recovery, or a family member’s perspective…. 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