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.
Tag: Rebecca Rush
Trauma, Addiction, and Abortion: My Story
I never allowed myself to accept that doing the right thing and feeling pain and loss aren’t mutually exclusive.
AA Takes Center Stage in "Love in Recovery" from BBC Radio
No one is well-behaved here – they cross-talk, cheat, gossip, fight – but they love each other in the way only a group of alcoholics who have bared their souls to each other can.
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!
7 Tips to Help You Find the Right Therapist (and Why You Need One)
It was a therapist who first told me that I wasn’t in therapy because I was bad and out of control, like my mother said; I was in therapy to learn how to deal with having an emotionally unstable mother.
So You Want to Move to a New City in Recovery? First Ask Yourself These Five Questions
Moving might be the right choice, but examine your motives. When we were drinking and using, we were irrational, impulsive, and at the whim of our heartbreakingly horrible decisions. We get into recovery to be more than that. The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. – Lao Tzu Wherever you go,… Continue reading So You Want to Move to a New City in Recovery? First Ask Yourself These Five Questions
5 Self-Destructive Habits to Leave Behind in 2018
Here’s to deeper connection through owning our imperfections, attracting more abundance by believing there’s enough for everyone, and freeing ourselves from these other self-destructive habits. New Year, New You? How about New Year, Real You? I do not think Life is about becoming some other person, as society would have you believe. I think Life… Continue reading 5 Self-Destructive Habits to Leave Behind in 2018
The Most Important Person in the Room
There’s no need to worry about my career, or lack of intimate relationships, or future, or even quitting nicotine. I’m taking it easy, I’m in my first year of sobriety. Every time I relapse I forget I am not God. I am no longer able to allow the darkness to bloom into the grand external… Continue reading The Most Important Person in the Room
Comedian Jake Fogelnest: From Self-Loathing to a Life Beyond His Wildest Dreams
Notice they don’t call it the “9th Step Maybes.” It’s not the “9th Step Possibilities.” It’s the “9TH STEP PROMISES.” It’s very clear: we must be painstaking and take the suggestions. But if we DO…some amazing stuff will happen before we know it. Comedy Central, VH1, MTV, Netflix. Jake Fogelnest’s TV writing/producing credits are too… Continue reading Comedian Jake Fogelnest: From Self-Loathing to a Life Beyond His Wildest Dreams
Jackie Kashian: From Drunk Driver to Hero of This Story
I would love to just check out with booze. But whatever I want to check out from will still be there when I sober up – plus whatever drunken stealing, screwing or hitting I did while I was drunk will have to be fixed. Last summer, I had a 12-step sponsor who counted performing as… Continue reading Jackie Kashian: From Drunk Driver to Hero of This Story
