Growing up in Beverly Hills, Amy Dresner had it all: a top-notch private school education, the most expensive summer camps, and even a weekly clothing allowance. But at 24, she started dabbling in meth in San Francisco and unleashed
I don’t want to be living a double life in my recovery like I was in my addiction. I went out of my way to create this picture for the outside world, to hide what was really going on
The first months of sobriety are a roller coaster. In the beginning, you feel motivated, strong and confident- then, somewhere along the way, you begin to question if you can really do it, the committee starts telling you it's
In the early days, getting sober feels like a full-time job. You have to think about it all the time, you have to do things to protect your sobriety, you have to have new boundaries with friends and family
Are you trying to get sober but feeling a sense of loss over losing alcohol? You are struggling to see your life without it, wondering what you will do and how you will spend your time- how will it
High Functioning Alcoholic In the beginning stages of realizing you’re drinking out of control you wonder how you are high functioning, and an alcoholic. In my day, we went out and bought all the self-help books and vowed to
Here’s a truth bomb- alcohol and drugs are a SYMPTOM of the problem. The problem is you don’t understand or cope with feelings well, and you use substances to numb the feelings so we don’t have to feel them.
You know I'm going to give it to you straight. No BS, no fluff, no excuses. Do you have to go to Alcoholics Anonymous to stay sober? Absolutely not. Can you stay sober 'on your own'? Absolutely not. You
How many times a week do you ask yourself, "What am I doing???" If you're ready to give your recovery a boost that will make you and your sobriety feel stronger, you won't want to miss this episode. You
How will you balance work, family, a healthy life, AND recovery? You run out of time and don't know how to deal with feelings without numbing out, your family and friends don't completely understand, and all you know for