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Sobriety for Women Blog
A safe space for women to share their real-life stories about addiction, recovery, and sobriety. Submit Your StoryBeing an Alcoholic with an Anxiety Disorder
Addicted to Recovery Hi, I'm Krissy and I'm an alcoholic. I grew up in a small town on the outskirts of Boston. From as far back as I can remember, I felt apart from, instead of a part of. Until I found alcohol, anyway! I can't remember when I learned how to tie my...
Why is Xanax Addictive?
An Explanation For the Addictiveness of Xanax Anti-anxiety medication has become a huge business in modern society! Among anti-anxiety medication, benzodiazepines are the most popular. Among benzodiazepines, Xanax is the most popular. So, that makes Xanax the most...
The Addiction and Body Imaging Recovery Project
Together, Sobriety for Women and Addicted to Recovery have formed the Addiction & Body Imaging Recovery Project. We recognize that many women and men experience poor body image. This can take the form of an eating disorder, mental illness, or just plain, old not...
Is Alcoholics Anonymous Right For Me?
When I came to, metaphorically and literally, in my first Alcoholics Anonymous meeting, I knew I'd met my match. See, even at twenty years old, sitting in a musty room with people double and triple my age, I felt at home. Not at home like when I sank into my bed and...
Getting Sober Away From Family
I Won't Love You to Death! Sobriety is a life changing experience no matter where you are. Still, you're told to get as many sober supports as you can. They help you deal with the emotional up's and down's that occur in early sobriety. So, when I found myself states...
Coping with Anxiety in Sobriety
What is Anxiety? Anxiety is a feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease, typically about something with an uncertain outcome. Who here has ever experienced some form of anxiety? I bet most everyone reading this has. I certainly have. Anxiety is both a mental and a...
Grateful and Sober?
How to be Grateful in Recovery “You know, when I blew out my birthday candles this year I didn't wish for anything...I simply said Thank You.” BAM. Gratitude at its finest. Who says that? Who says I'm happy enough that there's nothing else I need to wish for, not even...
Why I Relapsed
Relapse: A Four Letter Word I want to share my experience with relapsing. I'm kind of an expert! I relapsed a bunch of times before I finally got sober for good. It's frustrating and confusing to deal with relapse, both for the addict and their loved ones. Pay...