MY BEAUTIFUL JOURNEY. BY SARAH.
Struggling with mental health and addiction is not a choice, but recovery is. Sarah talks about her recovery from an eating disorder, alongside addiction and a bi-polar diagnosis.
MY FIRST SUMMER IN RECOVERY.
Emotions have always been scary for me – good or bad. I didn’t know how to properly deal with them, and would turn to my eating disorder and addictions. Sarah tells us the 8 thing she learned during her first summer in recovery.
WHAT KIND OF PERSON WILL I BE?
It’s okay to feel like you’ve been broken down to be rebuilt – because you have. It’s hard, but it’s necessary and SO worth it! We talk to Blythe about the fear of getting sober.
WE ARE ALL FEARLESS.
Coming to terms with loss is one very big thing. Facing up to impending loss is another. For Melyssa, it was the realisation that failure to change her lifestyle would mean losing the love of her life that was the final straw.
DO IT CLEAN. BY SIMON MASON
The drugs don’t work. Simon Mason draws upon his unique experiences and delves into the realm of the sober rock legend and reflects on his recovery from the whirlwind addiction of his younger days.
ALCOHOL & ME. BY LOLA.
For every person in recovery, there is a recovery story. Every person is unique, as is every story. Over recent months we have…
200 DAYS SOBER. BY CLAIRE.
Recovery is a very personal thing. What works for one person, can be very different from the next. That much we know. But…
HEY LITTLE GIRL. BY MEGAN.
Hello again. If it’s okay… I’d like you all to meet somebody. Everyone, this is Megan. I stumbled across Megan on Twitter recently,…
HOW TO DEAL WITH OTHER PEOPLE.
Are other people sometimes “a bit much”? Do you ever feel like “they” are more trouble than they’re worth? Yeah, me too… been…
ALCOHOLISM & LEARNING
Do you ever get the feeling you’ve been here before? You know, same s**t, different day? Groundhog Day, even? Sometimes, the seemingly never…
AN ATTACK FROM WITHIN.
It attacks like a forked lightning strike, attacking the outer skin of the human body to start with, major blood boiling…
TURNING PAIN INTO POETRY.
So, I’ve been in recovery for 15 months now. After years of drinking irresponsibly, then unhealthily, and finallly downright dangerously and potentially deadly.…
A LOVE LETTER TO THE GIRL WHO USED TO BE.
I meet lots of amazing people and groups through our social media feeds. Not a day goes by when I am not…
100 DAYS OF SOBER PAINTING
Do you do something every day as part of your recovery? Maybe you meditate, practice mindfulness, play video games or simply read a…
