This is why I love Elena Brower so fiercely. This particular meditation helped me when I was working so hard on self-love as a launching pad to my sobriety -- and it felt like nobody could understand me (and much less put it in words). I had drowned my ability to feel for so long, … Continue reading The Ritual of Recovery
This is a guest post from one of my online Sober Sisters, Michelle Caron. I see hundreds of posts on my FB and IG groups daily. This one, however, was so wonderfully en pointe with what true recovery sounds like...that I could not help but share it through a post. Thank you Michelle, for this … Continue reading This is what True Recovery sounds like…
I am grateful to have many Goddess teachers on my path to recovery and spiritual awakening. I believe there is nothing more powerful than women lifting women. Women who share their growth so that others can be strengthened and inspired. I am humbled to have incredible, powerful, generous women like these in my life. Women … Continue reading Goddesses on my Recovery Path
As some of you may know, I had 5 years of solid sobriety starting on 2009. However, in 2014 I drank again. My relapse lasted a very long time. A long 2+ years, in fact. As difficult as it was to be stuck in those 700+ days of hell, now I know that every day … Continue reading 700 days of Relapse
Happy to share a practical post written by fellow recovery warrior, Luke Pool. He requested to share this on Sober Mami as a valuable insight to the basics of early recovery. Enjoy! ************************************************************************************* It’s often said that the real work begins after completing a treatment program. The reason this is said is because it’s much … Continue reading Guest Post: 5 Healthy Ways of Dealing with Stress in Early Recovery
My Sober Sister, Frances Stone, wrote a brilliant piece on Finding your Rhythm on Recovery and I wanted to share it with you. Enjoy! FINDING YOUR RHYTHM ON RECOVERY "I'll be honest, I know nothing about the mechanics of music, but I do know a fair bit about changing your life. Changing your life requires you … Continue reading Guest Post: Ms. Recovery Writes
The first time I got sober in 2009, my concept of recovery was only pertaining to my alcoholism. I did not see any other issue to personally recover from, other than alcohol addiction. I recovered using the 12-step program straight out of the book containing the directions in its original form. To me, that was … Continue reading Sobriety 2.0 – Then and Now.
