Dealing with the death of a close friend in sobriety can be tough. But if you follow some simple guidelines and take it slow, you can transform a painful trial into a caring tribute that honors their memory.
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7 Ways to Be a Rebel…in Sobriety
Alternate rebellion can help shake up ennui and distress, otherwise known as life. It’s a great act of self-acceptance in a world that wants you to follow their dumb unwritten rules. Guess what, world? I do what I want.
6 Amazing Benefits of Giving Up Alcohol and Joining a Sober Community
We no longer look for short-lived highs followed by compounded messes and erratic emotions. In our willingness to be present, to be aware of our inner lives, step by step we create the lives we really want to live.
5 Tips for Staying Sober at Events Where Everyone Else Is Drinking
You don’t have to miss out on all the fun, just the part you thought was fun but always ended in trouble.
7 Things I Wish I Could Tell My Parents About My Addiction
Here, on this motel floor, I need to know that you still love me. If it isn’t too painful for you, please visit me in rehab. When I tell you that I’m finally ready to get clean, please believe me even if it’s the 100th time.
Everybody Knows: 10 Lessons from 10 Years of Sobriety Without AA
In early sobriety, someone told me that since I’d gotten sober without AA, I wasn’t an alcoholic, and that since I didn’t go to meetings and ate the occasional mushroom, I wasn’t sober.
5 Messes I’ve Had to Clean Up in Recovery
When I’m on top of my 10th step game, it goes something like this: Sorry, my bad. How can I fix it? The apologies come easily, and I promptly follow up with offers to make up for all harms done. But I’m not always on top of my game.
10 Experiences That Are Way Worse When You Relapse
There is no situation that cannot be made worse by relapse.
5 Unexpected Things That Happened When I Surrendered
Spiritual surrender is like letting out a breath I didn’t even know I was holding. My next relapse no longer feels like it’s coming for me. I made it out. I’m alive!
5 Lessons from 5 Years of Sobriety
When I reflect on this choice I’ve made every day for five years, I realize sobriety is a limitless resource, readily available for anyone who needs it. I won’t run out of sobriety one day if someone else becomes sober. I won’t run out if 500,000 people become sober.