Life was crazy busy last week and to forget to share this here on the blog. Momentum - that's how I feel about 14 weeks sobriety in one word. https://twitter.com/sobertony/status/867085387021381632 The big 100 days sober is coming. … [Read more...] about 14 Week Sober (98 Days)
Getting Sober
This posts tell the story of how I got sober and began recovery from my alcohol addiction. It wasn't pretty and too much of this was just me alone fighting for my recovery. It's a story of days, weeks, months, and hopefully years of going sober for life. Click here to read the posts from the beginning - starting with Day ZERO.
97 Days Sober – Songs That Make Me Crave Drinking Alcohol
This weekend, I wrote a post for KLEN and SOBR talking about how music has helped my recovery. Click here to ready it (don't laugh, the music proves I'm a 30-something white guy). It was fun to share my personal sobriety soundtrack. That … [Read more...] about 97 Days Sober – Songs That Make Me Crave Drinking Alcohol
95 Days Sober: Dan’s Little Brother
Another pictured from the family photo album. The little guy is me, the other is my brother Danny. We haven't talked much in the last 15 years, until my life fell apart. ADDICTION destroys connections. We damage or neglect the people we … [Read more...] about 95 Days Sober: Dan’s Little Brother
94 Days Sober: How does addiction and mental illness relate?
My family is bat shit crazy. That's something I've been saying my whole life, not realizing that I was right there with them. When my secret addiction came to international crisis -- it was big even for our dysfunctional family. The … [Read more...] about 94 Days Sober: How does addiction and mental illness relate?
93 Days Sober: Protect Your Sobriety
American is busy. ???????? I'm doing some heavy recovery work this week. 2 of top 3 difficult amends divorce lawyer stuff w/o resentment adjusting to new psychiatric drugs doing real parenting time again missing my … [Read more...] about 93 Days Sober: Protect Your Sobriety
91 Days (13 weeks) Sober: Cutting Up Credit Cards, Budgets, and Financial Sobriety
It was long overdue, I lost control of my spending sometime last year. 100% my fault, even if the psychiatrist says that's typical manic behavior and alcohol makes everything worse. So my budget looks a little bleak for the next few … [Read more...] about 91 Days (13 weeks) Sober: Cutting Up Credit Cards, Budgets, and Financial Sobriety