Discover the Truth About Yourself How do I know if I’m an elephant? How do I know if I’m a tiger? How do I know if I’m an alcoholic? Well, if you have a trunk and you’re the largest land mammal around, you’re an elephant! If you’re a wild cat with orange and black...
Sobriety for Women Blog
A safe space for women to share their real-life stories about addiction, recovery, and sobriety. Submit Your StoryF.E.A.R.
False Evidence Appearing Real (FEAR) Having grown up in functional alcoholism and then married into it, I spent forty-two years frightened and embarrassed. I spent forty-two years! Think about how long that is! Al-Anon helped me recognize FEAR kept showing up because...
Tips For Overcoming an Eating Disorder
A Different Kind of Freedom Breaking free from an eating disorder can be tremendously challenging, but it's so worth it! There's this beautiful freedom that comes from ending the war between yourself and your body. For those who want to recover, the question is how?...
What Happens After Getting Sober?
Where Rubber Meets the Road Hopeless alcoholic and drug addict turns life around. What a great heading! Is it frontline news? Well, not in the Sun Sentinel. At certain times during my sobriety, I've felt there should be a parade in my honor. There should be parties...
A Voice From Al-Anon: Learning to Listen
Listening is the Hardest Part Al-Anon has taught me that pray requires listening. One of our slogans is Listen and Learn. Another is Progress Not Perfection. Another is Recovery is a Verb. Okay, I made that last one up. It's good, isn't it! In Al-Anon meetings, share...
Warning Signs of Anorexia
Anorexia Kills! Anorexia affects MILLIONS of people each year. If that weren't scary enough, the amount of deaths caused directly by anorexia has SKYROCKETED over the last five year. Got your attention? Good! It's important to be aware of the warning signs of...
How Does Al-Anon Work?
A Voice From Al-Anon Meetings of Al-Anon and ACA are helping me to recover myself. See, I'd wandered into a swamp of confusion and crisis. This swamp was twenty year marriage, during which I drank right alongside my handsome, fun-loving husband. My husband and I were...
The Dangers of Alcoholism and Anorexia
Alcoholism and Anorexia In terms of healthy body image, living in a resort town was really intimidating! I was obsessed with going out every night. I was obsessed with looking sexy! There was a problem though, I wasn't as thin as my friends. I found myself full of...
The Personal Story of an Al-Anon Old-Timer: Lois Was My Sponsor
My Name is Ruth and My Husband's a Drinker "I met Lois in Mt. Kisco, at my first meeting. She was clever and cute. At first she said, ‘My name is Lois, what’s yours?’ Then she said, ‘Welcome, we have a message for you we will give you at the end of the meeting.’” At...