Nobody likes it when anxiety comes out of nowhere and makes you feel like all you want to do is go home, lock the door, and hide from the world. There is a massive correlation between addiction and
Business trip, pool party, happy hour, family gathering- there are a million reasons you may end up at an event where people don't know you are sober, and you don't necessarily want to tell them. So, how do you
There's no stopping a woman with a vision. This Kansas City Addiction Professional recognized the need for help and passion-based service, and she created a resource we desperately needed. Amber Reed is a professional I have enormous respect
Now that you know me and my podcast, you’re aware that I’m an avid fan of AA. And I couldn’t be more excited about this, because it was a huge turning point in my life...and I’m so freaking excited to pull
Being an alcoholic is the most empowering thing I've ever experienced. Recovery unleashed a strength inside of me that I never knew I had. Brittany Garner is part of an organization called The Phoenix providing workouts and fitness for
We’re going to talk about common thinking errors – in AA they say stinking thinking – in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy it’s called cognitive errors or cognitive distortions. As we know, everybody is recovering from something- it’s just a part
Recovery is not a simple and straightforward journey- there are many 'rock bottoms' along the way. As a drinking person I spent more than a decade practicing bad habits in dating. I picked terrible partners, everything revolved around
This concept of a higher power really gets people charged up, including me. As true rebellious souls, addicted people love to go against the grain. Every grain. And higher power is no different. It feels like people get so
A popular question no matter what stage of sobriety you are in.
Many of the symptoms you read about on checklists across the internet are very accurate and I want to cover some of those also. But in my head, noticing that my drinking was different from other people was a