Every day I live with a ringing doorbell in my brain. 24 hours a day. 7 days a week. No vacation, no raise in my pay check, and no amount of alcohol will take the ringing away. My doctors call it Tinnitus. I call it a pain in the neck, a pain in the ass, … More Your Mind Will Give You Many Reasons You Can’t Do It. So What?
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“We are children of the scar.” Switchoot Recovery is a scar. It is from our scars. And it is about how we try to cover, deny and fight our scars. And it is hard… recovery creates it’s own type of scars. Seeing inside can transfix. But it can be the fix that we need to … More We are Children of the Scar
“For some people, their pain can become a tool to use (against or upon others) rather than an experience to overcome.” For article, “Are You at War with Your Pain or with the People in Your Life?” click on photo. Photo by Shay Sowden
For article, “Celebrate Your Baggage, it’s What Makes You Thrive!” click on photo.
For article, “In Recovery, What You Want to Stop is Not Really Important,” click on photo. I write articles that talk about the kind of changes I am trying to make in my own life. I hope that my writing also helps you. My topics include addiction and mental health recovery, relationships, and personal growth. … More Recovery is Opening Up to Life
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Getting tattooed wakes you up. (So does going to the dentist). Pain does that. ___ As I was laying on the table, having my second tattoo etched onto my forearm, I had an insight: Having a tattoo gun scrape the surface of my skin for an hour is painful. I tried using mindful breathing, … More Tattoos Hurt, We Avoid Pain (at Least I do), but it can Make Us Feel More Alive
For article, “In Recovery, What You Want to Stop is Not Really Important,” click on photo. I write articles that talk about the kind of changes I am trying to make in my own life. I hope that my writing also helps you. My topics include addiction and mental health recovery, relationships, and personal growth. … More Recovery is About How You Open Up to Life
4 Practices that will help you to repack your baggage ___ A while ago I was talking with friend who is single. He says that dating is hell. Some dating site profiles seem more like a sales pitch than a real person. One of the comments that he noticed by several of the women was … More Celebrate Your Baggage, it’s What Makes You Thrive!
Getting High on Recovery 