I was really pleased to come across Recovery Movie Meet Ups concept recently. When I was in treatment many years ago, we used to watch a movie once a week and it felt like a cheap way of keeping a few clucking addicts quiet, amused or comatose for a couple Continue Reading
Recovery Culture
WHAT IF I LOSE MY MOJO?
I was fascinated to read this article in The Guardian. One of the most common themes I’ve encountered with people seeking recovery who have an interest in the creative spheres, or who make their living through creativity, is the fear of creating without using – or rather if they will Continue Reading
Curiouser and Curiouser – Down the rabbit hole of sobriety!
How important is the portrayal of addiction and recovery in popular culture? The change in the way addicts are represented (remember Norm in Cheers), through to the plethora of representations (too many to list but special mention to Mae Martin – Feel Good) of the past few years suggests a Continue Reading
DRINKING PROBLEM – THINKING PROBLEM
Here we are part way through January and it’s two growingly popular monthly challenges, Dry January and Veganuary. I’m just thinking about the drinking one for now. I was reminded of an old saying reading Sam Thomas’s piece in The Independent this week. “Giving up drinking for a month proves Continue Reading
Guilt or “Something is Wrong”
Recently we posted an article, Second Life, by our friend Charlie Harrow. Charlie, a writer, busy on a number of projects. knows his stuff. In between his writing projects he had started developing reflective pieces on his experience with alcohol, alcoholism, recovery and more. This is the second in what Continue Reading
ROOTS OF RECOVERY
There are no ‘sides; here (in Recovery). You don’t have to go to AA and do the 12 steps if you don’t want to. There are, thankfully, other methods to get sober, some paid and some free. Seek the one that fits you best and don’t settle for anything less Continue Reading
SECOND LIFE
Recently we were talking with a friend, a writer, busy on a number of projects. Charlie Harrow knows his stuff, in between his writing projects he had started developing reflective pieces on his experience with alcohol, alcoholism, recovery and more. He kindly passed these on and so will contribute to Continue Reading
The cracks are where the light gets in.
“Forget your perfect offering There is a crack, a crack in everything” – Anthem by Leonard Cohen Often mentioned as an acceptance of imperfection, this sentiment lends itself perfectly to understanding recovery from addiction and learning to accept the past and our imperfections. Childhood Friends the poem by the Sufi Continue Reading
MORE ABOUT SUCCESS IN RECOVERY
In our recent Success In Recovery post, we featured examples of individual entrepreneurs enjoying success in recovery. While we maintain the real success in recovery is staying sober or drug free, we also believe recovery can be a ‘mirror’ of addiction. We can take assets used to survive addiction and Continue Reading
SOBER AND SUCCESSFUL
What is “successful” anyway? The long time sober and successful writer James Lee Burke puts some words into character Dave Robicheaux’s mouth,”there is no possession more valuable than a sober sunrise”, and that is a pretty good mark of “success” to start from. Plenty of addicts and alcoholics achieve success Continue Reading