Written By: Katie Schipper Misconceptions About Eating Disorders Like addiction and alcoholism, eating disorders are a vastly misunderstood disease. The mental, emotional, spiritual and physical anguish that accompany an active eating disorder is immense. Also like...
Sobriety for Women Blog
A safe space for women to share their real-life stories about addiction, recovery, and sobriety. Submit Your StoryWho The F**k Has Safe Sex?
Safe Sex in Sobriety Written By: Anjelica G Hey, remember those safe sex presentations they gave in school and treatment centers? Yeah, of course you do, they were also known as nap time! Remember what was said in those presentations? Nope, me neither. They were...
Your Recovery Program and Having a Home Group
The Importance of a Home Group Written By: Katie Schipper What Is a Home Group? Many in Florida Recovery Programs encourage individuals to seek a home group. A home group is the twelve-step meeting someone chooses to be a member of. Most groups have open membership...
Are Sober Women Broadcasting Too Much?
Tattoos: Sober Women Breaking Tradition Written By:Anjelica G. Body modification, meaning to deliberately alter your physical appearance, has become extremely popular over the last few years. I mean, it's always been popular, but tattoos and piercings, as well as many...
Homeless Man Gets a Home: The Power of Helping Others
Written By: Anjelica Galante Is Homelessness a Consequence of Our Actions? We suffer many consequences during active addiction to drugs and alcohol. We lose lose our spirituality, our friends, our families, our material possessions, our minds, our morals, our homes,...
Rapper Arrested and Sentenced to Drug Rehab
2 Chainz Arrested For Drug Possession! Rapper 2 Chainz was sentenced to three years probation and over a year in drug and alcohol treatment. Wait, there's more! 2 Chainz will be required to wear a sobriety bracelet. Unfortunately, the court was all out of sobriety...
Hiring Women in Recovery
Would I Hire a Women in Recovery? When you consider hiring a recovering addict or alcoholic, there are going to be concerns. Oh, are there going to be concerns! Is she reliable? Am I putting anyone in danger? Don’t addicts steal? What if the stress becomes too much?...
What is Step Four?
Written By: Fiona Stockard Made a Searching and Fearless Moral Inventory of Ourselves “A business which takes no regular inventory usually goes broke. Taking commercial inventory is a fact-finding and a fact-facing process. It is an effort to discover the truth about...
The Dangers of Social Media For Women in Early-Recovery
Written By: Fiona Stockard Facebook Is The Biggest Thing Around In the HBO show Girls, Shoshanna and Jessa have the following conversation - Shoshanna: Your not serious, that’s like not being on Facebook! Jessa: I'm not on Facebook. Shoshanna: You're so f**king...