After I hit my bottom and came into recovery I realized that I had super low self-esteem, and that those feelings would need to change somehow. I thought once I got sober that it would be a piece of cake. After all, my drinking was what caused all of my problems.I was clueless.GETTING TO KNOW MYS...
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Jul
17
2018
When I was drinking, I loved being the center of attention. I was the girl who stood up on a table at the bar singing and dancing. I was also the girl who started a fight over the smallest slight, real or imagined. When I got sober, I thought that all that drama would be over with. I quickly real...
May
09
2018
From the moment I decided to get sober, it seemed like everybody was telling me what to do. I welcomed the advice at first, especially while I was in rehab, because I didn't know what I was doing. No attempt I ever made to get sober on my own was successful, so I kept my mouth shut and my ears op...
Mar
06
2018
I never understood why people stay in abusive relationships until I became part of one. Then, once I identified myself as a victim, I simply didn't see a way out.After my father left, my mother dated one man after another who was just like him. She'd move one guy in and put up with his crap until...
Feb
13
2018
At 24, I had never been in a sober romantic relationship in my life. I had started drinking at 13, a year and a half before I started dating. By my first date, I was smoking weed, too. We met at the local skating rink, joined our friends behind the building, and got high before we even went insid...
Jan
05
2018
It's a difficult question for many people. I never gave it much thought in the beginning. My early sobriety was so stressful that the idea of falling for someone seemed preposterous. Until it happened.You see, my rock bottom, the event that led me to seek recovery in the first place, was my husba...
Feb
07
2017
When I was in early recovery, everything seemed brand new. With my drinking behind me, I was rediscovering all sorts of things and beginning to rebuild my life. My self-esteem on the rise, I was anxious to repair existing relationships and begin new ones. However, I was also concerned as to wheth...
Feb
17
2016
Written By Ivy Chase Often times, early sobriety is full of change and difficulties. Life seems stressful just getting out of bed for someone who is newly sober; facing the world with raw emotions and no chemical buffer can seem like a defeat in itself. It's in times like these that a person i...
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