by src | Dec 1, 2021 | red queen
So I’m doing a month of sobriety. I’m a substance abuser, which to me means I have a relationship with substances that often harms me, but I still use them. I practice harm reduction, which usually looks like attempts to cut down the amount and frequency of my use....
by src | Nov 25, 2021 | jo rico
I celebrated 7 years of sobriety last week. Woah. What!? To say I never thought I’d live to see the day would be a colossal understatement. I’m happy to be here. It hasn’t been easy, but it has been worth it. So. Very. Worth. It. I’ve been asked a lot, amidst...
by src | Nov 19, 2021 | kandi
November 19, 2021 | kandi Moving back to my hometown was just like taking an animal from the zoo and temporarily letting them into the wild to be happy. They become so happy in the wild, only to be dragged back to their cage. I have this theory that our lives...
by src | Nov 3, 2021 | sylvie foster
Open up the bottle, pour me one last drink Tell me this ain’t gonna be as bad as you think The beauty of art is that you can interpret it in any way you wish. I went through a phase early in my recovery where I invested a lot of time reading into the...
by src | Oct 29, 2021 | shrimp
I always had a problem with the dichotomous way recovery from drug addiction was represented to me. The narrative was this: If you stayed off drugs you were clean (implying that users are dirty?) and success is quantified in terms of how long you can maintain this...
