I’ve learned to get comfortable being uncomfortable and not to seek comfort in unhealthy things, but rather, in things that help me grow.
Author: Rachel
Sense of Sobriety
With increased awareness of my senses in sobriety, without the numbing effect of alcohol, I feel from beginning, through the middle, to the end. I am learning to pause and look back over my shoulder to say, “I just did that, and it didn’t kill me.” The more I feel from beginning to end, the more I welcome feelings and the more confident I am in my ability to handle each and every one of them.
Doing the Work in Recovery
If I’m not taking action in recovery, doing the work, and seeking joy, then I’m just standing there letting the ball hit me in the face, over and over and over again.
Face the Future With Courage
Courage is a story we tell ourselves in the face of adversity, fear, and anxiety. Practice courageous story-telling with yourself.
From Patient to Student
Frequently I am drawing from my experiences and becoming and recovering alcoholic to what I have been facing recovering from my stroke. In both cases, my life reached the point of unmanageability. There must be a profound change in mentality from patient to student. In both cases my body my brain and my heart we’re […]
My Ischemic Stroke
I had a painful clot in my arm after my first COVID vaccine, and I had an ischemic stroke four days after my second COVID vaccine.