by Sally Rosa | Jun 12, 2014 | Addiction Articles, Benefits of Sobriety
Written by Tim Myers “All Righty Then” “Look At The Fun-bags On That” “Holy Testicle Tuesday” “Holy S**t-balls” “We Got No Food, We Got No Jobs…Our PETS’ HEADS ARE FALLING OFF!” “That John Denver’s Full Of S**t” How Jim Carrey’s...
by Sally Rosa | Jun 9, 2014 | Addiction Articles, Benefits of Sobriety
Written By: Katie Schipper Is it Safe to Go Clubbing as a Sober Women? Is It Even Possible? Let’s be honest, if you’re newly sober and the vision of the life you used to lead isn’t too far behind you, it probably feels a lot like you don’t get to do...
by Fiona Stockard | Jun 5, 2014 | Addiction Articles, Recovery
Written By: Katie Schipper Remembering What It Was Like Out There For any woman who’s made it to the point where they attend a women’s treatment center, the idea that there was anything good left in continuing to get high sounds insane. Knowing that...
by Sally Rosa | Jun 3, 2014 | Addiction Articles, Sobriety For Women
Written By: Katie Schipper Clichés are those really annoying phrases we hear so often that they lose all meaning. We hear them often in twelve-step meetings. Clichés are repeated because they’re recognizable and often seem to be a go to for old-timers and...
by Fiona Stockard | May 29, 2014 | Addiction Articles, Sobriety For Women
As I sit here at my house watching Beyond Scared Straight, a few questions come to mind. I’m watching parents beg their kids to get their lives together. I’m watching parents plead for their children not to waste their lives committing crimes and doing...
by Fiona Stockard | May 28, 2014 | Addiction Articles, Body Image / Eating Disorders
Written By: Katie Schipper Eating Disorders are incredibly dangerous and deeply misunderstood diseases. They claim the lives of every gender, religion, social class, age group, culture, and race. There’s no one who’s immune to an eating disorder, just like...
by Sally Rosa | May 27, 2014 | 12 Steps, Addiction Articles
Written By: Katie Schipper What is Sponsorship? In twelve-step recovery programs, sponsorship is vital. A sponsor has a singular purpose – to take another alcoholic or addict through the twelve-steps so that that woman may in turn take others through the steps....
by Sally Rosa | May 26, 2014 | Addiction Articles, Benefits of Sobriety
Written By: Katie Schipper Learning how to be grateful is a spiritual practice. It’s not something that can be forced, it comes naturally when we make a commitment and start practicing it. Gratitude isn’t something readily accessible to a addict or an...
by Fiona Stockard | May 23, 2014 | Addiction Articles, Recovery
Written By: Katie Schipper Why Does Choosing a Good Roommate Matter? Early recovery can often feel like a constant onslaught of suggestions, advice, appointments, therapy, outpatient, meetings, step-work, and so on. The list of things that must be considered can seem...
by A Women in Sobriety | May 22, 2014 | Addiction Articles, Benefits of Sobriety
Written By: Fiona Stockard Blaming Others Before getting help for my addiction, I spent years blaming others for everything. It was always someone else’s fault that I drank and used drugs the way I did. “If what happened to me had happened to you, you’d use...
by Fiona Stockard | May 21, 2014 | Addiction Articles, Sobriety For Women
Written By: Fiona Stockard I recently celebrated my first anniversary in sobriety. I was in a deep state of regret coming up to my anniversary. Things were piling up. Those years in college when I’d done no work and had poor grades. That stage of my life when I...
by Sally Rosa | May 20, 2014 | Addiction Articles, Sobriety For Women
Written By: Katie Schipper Negative Contracts and Women In Treatment Many of us enter recovery with a limited and almost always skewed version of reality. Honesty is a foreign concept. We’ve lived with so many lies that we can’t tell what the truth is...
by Fiona Stockard | May 19, 2014 | Addiction Articles, Body Image / Eating Disorders
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...
by Sally Rosa | May 16, 2014 | Addiction Articles, Sobriety For Women
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...
by Sally Rosa | May 15, 2014 | Addiction Articles, Recovery
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...
by Fiona Stockard | May 14, 2014 | Addiction Articles, Sobriety For Women
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...
by Sally Rosa | May 9, 2014 | Addiction Articles, Recovery
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,...
by Fiona Stockard | May 7, 2014 | Addiction Articles, Drug Addiction
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...
by A Women in Sobriety | May 1, 2014 | Addiction Articles, Benefits of Sobriety
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?...
by Sally Rosa | Apr 28, 2014 | 12 Steps, Addiction Articles
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...
by Sally Rosa | Apr 18, 2014 | Addiction Articles, Body Image / Eating Disorders
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...
by Sally Rosa | Apr 14, 2014 | 12 Steps, Addiction Articles
What Does Resting On Your Laurels Even Mean? That’s a good question! Resting on your laurels is when you’re so satisfied with your achievements that you stop growing. You stop making an attempt to grow in the image and likeness of God as you understand...
by Sally Rosa | Apr 11, 2014 | 12 Steps, Addiction Articles
Written By: Fiona Stockard “We admitted we were powerless over alcohol, that our lives had become unmanageable.” What’s The Definition of Powerlessness and Unmanageability The definition of powerless is “being unable to do something, or unable...
by Sally Rosa | Apr 9, 2014 | Addiction Articles, Benefits of Sobriety
The Top 10 Ways to Build Your Self-Esteem 1) Gratitude Writing a gratitude list everyday can be rewarding. Sometimes, in early-sobriety we’re unaware of the good things in our life. The more you write what you’re grateful for, the more you’ll be...
by Sally Rosa | Apr 3, 2014 | Addiction Articles, Sobriety For Women
My Name is Beth and I’m In Recovery December 2nd, 2008. That’s the day I used meth for the last time. I’ve been asked why I’d ever try meth. See, I wasn’t your typical addict. I was thirty-one and self employed with a very profitable...
by Sally Rosa | Mar 26, 2014 | Addiction Articles, Body Image / Eating Disorders
Written By: Fiona Stockard “I am not eccentric! It’s just that I am more alive than most people. I am an unpopular electric eel, set in a pond of Goldfish!” – Damn Edith Sitwell I spent a lot of my youth trying desperately to fit in. Big surprise, right? People would...
by Sally Rosa | Mar 25, 2014 | 12 Steps, Addiction Articles
Written By: Fiona Stockard Twelve-Step Meetings Keep Us Sober! Going to your first meeting sucks! It’s nerve-wracking, scary, overwhelming, and generally unpleasant all around. We don’t know what to expect, how to act, or when to speak. Basically,...
by Sally Rosa | Mar 24, 2014 | Addiction Articles, Sobriety For Women
Written By: Fiona Stockard Why Do Women In Recovery Relapse? Relapse is too often a part of women’s recovery stories. This doesn’t have to be the case though! It’s possible for addicts to go a lifetime without relapsing! Even if a woman in recovery...
by Fiona Stockard | Mar 21, 2014 | Addiction Articles, Sobriety For Women
Written By: Fiona Stockard How Do I Handle Anxiety Without Drugs? Anxiety is a normal human emotion that everyone experiences. In fact, it’s almost impossible not to experience anxiety in real-life recovery from drugs and alcohol. When first getting sober,...
by Sally Rosa | Mar 20, 2014 | Addiction Articles, Recovery
Written By: Fiona Stockard Am I Ready To Move From My Halfway House? As a women in recovery, becoming a productive member of society and growing into a self-supporting human being is important! A Halfway House, or sober-living home, is a safe and structured...
