by Fiona Stockard | Aug 22, 2014 | 12 Steps, Addiction Articles
Written By: Fiona Stockard The Big Book Broken Down – Part Three 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 A Women in Sobriety | Aug 20, 2014 | Addiction Articles, Drug Addiction
Written By: Fiona Stockard Firsthand Addiction: What Withdrawal is Really Like Today, we’re going to explore what withdrawal is really like. You won’t find any catchy medical lingo or D.A.R.E. warnings here. This is one addict sharing her experience,...
by A Women in Sobriety | Aug 18, 2014 | Addiction Articles, Sobriety For Women
Written By: Fiona Stockard Firsthand Addiction: What ODing is Really Like Welcome to Sobriety For Women’s newest column, Firsthand Addiction! In our first article, we explore what overdosing is really like. None of that after-school special s**t, just one addict’s...
by Fiona Stockard | Aug 15, 2014 | 12 Steps, Addiction Articles
Written By: Fiona Stockard The Basic Text Broken Down – Part Two 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...
by A Women in Sobriety | Aug 13, 2014 | Addiction Articles, Drug Addiction
Written By: Tim Myers HEY! JIMMY! LEAVE ROB FORD ALONE! Okay, Mr. Fallon, let me start by saying I love the crap out of you. You’ve reinvented late night television and brought back meaningful content to network TV. I never miss a show. In fact, your show is the only...
by Sally Rosa | Aug 12, 2014 | Addiction Articles, Recovery
Written By: Tim Myers Robin Williams Committed Suicide, But You Don’t Have To Robin Williams chose to end his life yesterday. He’s dead and everyone is mourning the loss of one of our greatest actors. 99.9% of the people posting on Facebook never met Mr. Williams....
by Fiona Stockard | Aug 7, 2014 | 12 Steps, Addiction Articles
Written By: Fiona Stockard The Big Book Broken Down – Part Two 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 A Women in Sobriety | Aug 6, 2014 | Addiction Articles, Body Image / Eating Disorders
Written By: Katie Schipper How Yoga and Eating Disorder Recovery Work Together Like the complicated make-up of eating disorders, yoga and eating disorder recovery work together as multi-disciplinary and varied practices. They share variance – eating disorders on...
by A Women in Sobriety | Aug 4, 2014 | Addiction Articles, Drug Addiction
Another High Profile Addict Dustin Johnson, one of the best golfers playing today, is an addict. Now, this may be a strong proclamation, hell it may even sound like libel, but it’s absolutely true. Johnson recently failed a drug screen after testing positive for...
by A Women in Sobriety | Aug 4, 2014 | Addiction Articles, Drug Addiction
Written By: Fiona Stockard Why is There an Addiction Stigma? Addicts and alcoholics are misunderstood people. I don’t even understand them and I’m an addict and alcoholic myself! There are a bunch of different types of addiction stigma. What are they? Why...
by Fiona Stockard | Aug 1, 2014 | 12 Steps, Addiction Articles
Written By: Fiona Stockard The Basic Text Broken Down – Part One 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...
by Sally Rosa | Jul 30, 2014 | Addiction Articles, Recovery
Written By: Fiona Stockard Homelessness and Addiction: Is There a Common Thread? Often, the homeless population is viewed as being comprised of alcoholics and addicts. While this assumption is often true (about 38% of homeless people were dependent on alcohol and 26%...
by Sally Rosa | Jul 28, 2014 | Addiction Articles, Recovery
Written By: Fiona Stockard Battling All The Suggestions in Early Sobriety One of the hardest things that young women trying to get sober experience is following the suggestions given to them in early-sobriety. A lot of women think they don’t need to follow suggestions...
by Fiona Stockard | Jul 25, 2014 | 12 Steps, Addiction Articles
Written By: Fiona Stockard The Big Book Broken Down – Part One 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,...
by Fiona Stockard | Jul 23, 2014 | Addiction Articles, Recovery
Written By: Fiona Stockard The Trick to Dealing with Disappointment in Sobriety Disappointment in Sobriety Requires Acceptance One of the first lessons I learned in treatment was acceptance. Acceptance of the decisions I’d made to land me in rehab and acceptance...
by Fiona Stockard | Jul 21, 2014 | 12 Steps, Addiction Articles
Written By: Katie Schipper The Steps to Recovery Aren’t the Same for Everyone Opinions on Taking Twelve-Steps to Recovery Outside opinions on the inner-workings of twelve-step fellowships range from mild curiosity, to total disinterest, to insistence that...
by Sally Rosa | Jul 17, 2014 | Addiction Articles, Sobriety For Women
Written By: Fiona Stockard A member of AA reacts to The NY Times article about The Center For Motivation and Change Responding to “A Different Path To Fighting Addiction.” On July 3rd, 2014 Gabrielle Glaser wrote an article for The New York Times entitled, “A...
by Sally Rosa | Jul 16, 2014 | Addiction Articles, Benefits of Sobriety
by A Women in Sobriety | Jul 14, 2014 | Addiction Articles, Benefits of Sobriety
Written By: Katie Schipper Enjoying the Gifts of Today by Living in the Moment Nothing is More Important Than Living in the Moment The intensity with which we naturally think about the future is so strong that, more often than not, we’re not living in the...
by Sally Rosa | Jul 10, 2014 | Addiction Articles, Drug Addiction
By: Tim Myers Dear Josh Gordon, I get it. I understand. I’ve got your back. There’s not a lot of that being said to you right now, in any of the media. There’s not a lot of anything except projection, advice, and doomsday scenario banter. Oh, and all the should of,...
by A Women in Sobriety | Jul 9, 2014 | Addiction Articles, Sobriety For Women
Written By: Katie Schipper Giving Back Is Whats It’s All About You Get What You Give There’s a saying in recovery that gets repeated so often it sometimes loses its power. It goes a little something like – you’ll get from your sobriety exactly what you put...
by Fiona Stockard | Jul 7, 2014 | Addiction Articles, Benefits of Sobriety
Written By: Katie Schipper How Living Your Dreams Can Be a Real Thing! Paralyzing Fear Can Stifle All Dreams Fear is the ultimate culprit when it comes to living your dream. This doesn’t just apply to addicts and alcoholics in early-recovery, it applies to...
by Sally Rosa | Jul 3, 2014 | Addiction Articles, Sobriety For Women
Written By: Katie Schipper Staying Clean But Living Dirty Trying to stay clean while living a dishonest life isn’t easy. It’s possible, but not easy at all. Not many people can do it. If you’re in a twelve-step fellowship, you may watch it happen. Usually, when...
by Sally Rosa | Jul 2, 2014 | Addiction Articles, Recovery
Written By: Katie Schipper Privacy vs. Secrecy & How They Relate To Honesty The Importance of Honesty Honesty, Open Mindedness, and Willingness – if you’re in any sort of twelve-step recovery, you’ll hear about these virtues over and over. All...
by Sally Rosa | Jun 30, 2014 | 12 Steps, Addiction Articles
Written By: Anjelica G Articles are the sole work of the individual author and do not express the opinion of Sobriety for Women You Want Me to What?! I came to a halt at step three. “Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of god as we...
by Fiona Stockard | Jun 25, 2014 | Addiction Articles, Recovery
Written By: Katie Schipper Getting Over Depression and Anxiety in Early-Recovery Giving up drugs and alcohol alters our brain chemistry. After all, drugs and booze serve as substitute chemicals, so the brain stops producing its natural ones. It’s going to take a...
by Fiona Stockard | Jun 23, 2014 | 12 Steps, Addiction Articles
Written By: Katie Schipper Busting the Myths of Quitting Tobacco in Early-Sobriety Giving up drugs and alcohol is hard. If it were easy, then we wouldn’t need treatment, and twelve-step fellowships, and therapy, and IOP, and so on. Getting sober is really hard. Giving...
by Fiona Stockard | Jun 19, 2014 | Addiction Articles, Sobriety For Women
Written By: Katie Schipper Romantic Relationships in Sobriety Can Be Healthy! No, but seriously. Wait. That guy/girl/whoever you met in your treatment center/halfway house/that meeting that you can’t live without? You can. Just wait. The crazy thing about waiting is...
by Sally Rosa | Jun 18, 2014 | Addiction Articles, Drug Addiction
Written By: Katie Schipper Dealing with a Relapsing Roommate Isn’t Easy One of the first things you’ll hear in treatment or a twelve-step fellowship is that not everyone stays sober. There are a lot of reasons people relapse into active addiction, but it...
by Fiona Stockard | Jun 16, 2014 | Addiction Articles, Sobriety For Women
Written By: Katie Schipper Pets Are A Lot Of Work Animals, yay! Pets are one of the greatest little joys in this life. They become part of your family and are absolutely worth every vet-bill, clean up, and minor annoyance. Pets are the best. Pets are also a lot of...
