by A Women in Sobriety | Jul 3, 2017 | 12 Steps, Addiction Articles, Blog
Drug Addiction is Tragic When my best friend died I was 16 years old. I wish I could say it was from some random act of God that came out of no where, maybe that would help me sleep better at night or something. I wish I could say that we all saw it coming and had...
by Sally Rosa | May 31, 2017 | 12 Steps, Addiction Articles, Blog, Recovery, Sobriety For Women
Date a Drug Addict? Ok so, here’s the deal, I’m not gonna sugar coat this, or blow smoke up your tits for 20 minutes I’m just gonna get right to the answer. Date a recovering alcoholic, or drug addict. “But Fiona, what if they relapse?” Shut up. The core of this whole...
by Sally Rosa | Apr 20, 2017 | 12 Steps, Addiction Articles, Drug Addiction
Selena Gomez Says Her Rehab Stay Saved Her Life, But It Wasn’t Drugs? First off, let me state that I’m not really feeling great about writing this article. I think that ‘The Selena Gomez rehab story’ should be between her and her support group… however, she is hiding...
by Sally Rosa | Apr 13, 2017 | 12 Steps, Addiction Articles
Do These 5 Things to Enhance Recovery from Drugs and Alcohol So a bunch of the girls from my women’s group on Saturday have put together this list of 5 things that seriously help us in our recovery from drugs and alcohol. A woman we all know named Danni (not her real...
by Sally Rosa | Mar 23, 2017 | 12 Steps, Sobriety For Women, Stories from Women in Sobriety
Do They Have Addiction Help for Facebook Stalking? I’ve been staking my ex-boyfriend on Facebook and I cannot stop and I need addiction help for what I’m calling the Jim problem. Let me back up. 5 years ago I was dating Jim. We dated for about a year after we both...
by Sally Rosa | Jan 27, 2017 | 12 Steps, Addiction Articles, Addiction Treatment
Help Me Find Recovery from Addiction to The Bachelor Hi, my name is Sally and I’m addicted to The Bachelor on ABC. I’m writing to you all today hoping to find recovery from addiction to this deadly and morally corrupt reality show. I first started watching The...
by A Women in Sobriety | Jan 26, 2017 | 12 Steps, Addiction Treatment, Blog, Drug Addiction
My Drug Rehab Was My Moment Shine I thought doing cocaine at lunch was normal when I was 16. It actually seemed like the only normal thing about me at the time. Men attracted me I thought, but at the same time, was attracted to women. My family situation was,...
by A Women in Sobriety | Jan 19, 2017 | 12 Steps, Addiction Treatment, Blog, Drug Addiction
After New Year’s Eve, I needed To Go to Addiction Rehab It started out like any other night out. My girlfriends and I got together at my apartment to get ready to go out for New Year’s Eve. We made some mixed drinks to sip on while we did our hair and turned on...
by Fiona Stockard | Jun 4, 2015 | 12 Steps, Addiction Articles
Are Relapse Triggers Real? My name is [insert generic name here] and I’m an alcoholic. My name is [insert even more generic, but still kind of hip, name here] and I’m an addict. Those are words we’ve all said countless times. I know I have. I say them each morning...
by Sally Rosa | May 12, 2015 | 12 Steps, Addiction Articles
A Breakdown of the Steps! By: Tim Myers Step One: “We admitted we were powerless over alcohol — that our lives had become unmanageable.” For Dummies: I can’t stop drinking and it’s impossible for me to do anything without messing up. I try to stop but next thing I...
by Sally Rosa | Apr 21, 2015 | 12 Steps, Addiction Articles
Happy 76th Birthday! Just a few days ago, April 10th to be exact, the Big Book celebrated its 76th birthday! How cool is that? One of the most influential books of all time (if I do say so myself!) has been around for over seventy-five years. It’s helped millions of...
by Sally Rosa | Mar 19, 2015 | 12 Steps, Addiction Articles
Spirituality & Science…Together? We all know that AA and other twelve-step fellowships work. Most women in long-term recovery are living, breathing, and awesome proof of it! What we don’t know, though, is why AA works. Let me clarify, we don’t know scientifically...
by Sally Rosa | Jan 30, 2015 | 12 Steps, Addiction Articles
My Experience Switching Sponsors My first sponsor had around six months when she started taking me through the twelve-steps. Despite not having a ton of time, she’d been through her steps, had a spiritual experience, and was ready to spread a message of hope and...
by Fiona Stockard | Dec 12, 2014 | 12 Steps, Addiction Articles
Written By: Fiona Stockard The Big Book Broken Down – Part Fifteen Alcoholics Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women who help each other to recover from alcohol and drug addiction. It was founded in June of 1935, just celebrated its seventy-ninth anniversary, and...
by Fiona Stockard | Dec 5, 2014 | 12 Steps, Addiction Articles
Written By: Fiona Stockard The Big Book Broken Down – Part Fourteen Alcoholics Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women who help each other to recover from alcohol and drug addiction. It was founded in June of 1935, just celebrated its seventy-ninth anniversary, and...
by Fiona Stockard | Nov 28, 2014 | 12 Steps, Addiction Articles
Written By: Fiona Stockard The Big Book Broken Down – Part Thirteen Alcoholics Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women who help each other to recover from alcohol and drug addiction. It was founded in June of 1935, just celebrated its seventy-ninth anniversary, and...
by Sally Rosa | Nov 26, 2014 | 12 Steps, Addiction Articles
Written By: Fiona Stockard What are the 10th Step Promises? Much like the ninth step promises, the tenth step promises are a section of the Big Book where recovering alcoholics are promised peace and recovery from a seemingly hopeless state of mind and body. Sounds...
by Fiona Stockard | Nov 21, 2014 | 12 Steps, Addiction Articles
Written By: Fiona Stockard The Big Book Broken Down – Part Twelve Alcoholics Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women who help each other to recover from alcohol and drug addiction. It was founded in June of 1935, just celebrated its seventy-ninth anniversary, and...
by Sally Rosa | Nov 19, 2014 | 12 Steps, Addiction Articles
Written By: Fiona Stockard What are the 9th Step Promises? The ninth step promises are a section of the Big Book where recovering alcoholics are promised certain things. I like the sound of that! Remember though, these promises only apply to alcoholics working the...
by Fiona Stockard | Nov 14, 2014 | 12 Steps, Addiction Articles
Written By: Fiona Stockard The Big Book Broken Down – Part Eleven Alcoholics Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women who help each other to recover from alcohol and drug addiction. It was founded in June of 1935, just celebrated its seventy-ninth anniversary, and...
by Fiona Stockard | Nov 7, 2014 | 12 Steps, Addiction Articles
Written By: Fiona Stockard The Big Book Broken Down – Part Ten Alcoholics Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women who help each other to recover from alcohol and drug addiction. It was founded in June of 1935, just celebrated its seventy-ninth anniversary, and...
by Fiona Stockard | Oct 31, 2014 | 12 Steps, Addiction Articles
Written By: Fiona Stockard The Big Book Broken Down – Part Nine Alcoholics Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women who help each other to recover from alcohol and drug addiction. It was founded in June of 1935, just celebrated its seventy-ninth anniversary, and...
by Fiona Stockard | Oct 27, 2014 | 12 Steps, Addiction Articles
Written By: Fiona Stockard Articles are the sole work of the individual author and do not express the opinion of Sobriety for Women. Meeting Makers Make It Meeting makers make it is my least favorite phrase in AA. There I said it! If you’re anything like me, you’ve...
by Fiona Stockard | Oct 27, 2014 | 12 Steps, Addiction Articles
Written By: Fiona Stockard The Big Book Broken Down – Part Eight Alcoholics Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women who help each other to recover from alcohol and drug addiction. It was founded in June of 1935, just celebrated its seventy-ninth anniversary, and...
by Fiona Stockard | Oct 17, 2014 | 12 Steps, Addiction Articles
Written By: Fiona Stockard The Big Book Broken Down – Part Seven Alcoholics Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women who help each other to recover from alcohol and drug addiction. It was founded in June of 1935, just celebrated its seventy-ninth anniversary, and...
by Sally Rosa | Oct 15, 2014 | 12 Steps, Addiction Articles
Written By: Fiona Stockard Hardcore Sobriety I was lucky enough to get sober with a bunch of Big Book thumpers. Actually, scratch that, I don’t know if I’d have gotten sober without them. Really, I was graced enough to be given the gift of sobriety from a bunch of Big...
by Fiona Stockard | Oct 10, 2014 | 12 Steps
Written By: Fiona Stockard The Basic Text Broken Down – Part Six Narcotics Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women who help each other recover from drug and alcohol addiction. It was founded in July of 1953, just celebrated its sixty-first anniversary, and boasts...
by Fiona Stockard | Oct 3, 2014 | 12 Steps
Written By: Fiona Stockard The Big Book Broken Down – Part Six Alcoholics Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women who help each other to recover from alcohol and drug addiction. It was founded in June of 1935, just celebrated its seventy-ninth anniversary, and...
by Fiona Stockard | Sep 26, 2014 | 12 Steps
Written By: Fiona Stockard The Basic Text Broken Down – Part Five Narcotics Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women who help each other recover from drug and alcohol addiction. It was founded in July of 1953, just celebrated its sixty-first anniversary, and boasts...
by Fiona Stockard | Sep 19, 2014 | 12 Steps
Written By: Fiona Stockard The Big Book Broken Down – Part Five Alcoholics Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women who help each other to recover from alcohol and drug addiction. It was founded in June of 1935, just celebrated its seventy-ninth anniversary, and...
