by Sally Rosa | Sep 22, 2014 | Recovery
Why Anonymity Sucks: An Anonymous Perspective No One Can Pronounce Anonymity It’s f**king impossible to say. No one ever says anonymity right in meetings! Ammanitiittty? Anomaniny? We’ve all tried and failed. Yeah, admit it, you have, too. Even now, as I’m writing,...
by Sally Rosa | Sep 15, 2014 | Recovery
Written By: Fiona Stockard Articles are the sole work of the individual author and do not express the opinion of Sobriety for Women. Same Sh*t, Different Meeting I wasn’t involved in twelve-step recovery twenty years ago. Hell, if we go back twenty years, I was still...
by Sally Rosa | Sep 1, 2014 | Addiction Articles, Recovery
Written By: Fiona Stockard Let Me Paint You a Picture The scene opens on beautiful Delray Beach, Florida. It’s a cool summer evening. The breeze blows just right. Three women stand in a Publix parking lot. Woman one is me, your spunky narrator, Fiona Stockard. Woman...
by Sally Rosa | Aug 27, 2014 | Addiction Articles, Recovery
Written By: Fiona Stockard 13th Step? I Thought There Were Only 12 Ah, the sneaky little 13th Step. The little talked about, but widely known, practice of being a shady motherf**ker. One of the reasons to stay away from clubhouses. The reason for that old saying, men...
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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...
by Sally Rosa | Jan 14, 2014 | Addiction Articles, Recovery
My head hurt. I had staples in my forehead, dried blood above my eyebrow. I had a bike with a flat tire, one suitcase of clothes. That’s it. Did I turn to God? Did I get a sponsor? Did I go to a meeting? No, not on that first day. God I would find on day thirty. The...
by Sally Rosa | Dec 18, 2013 | Addiction Articles, Recovery
What Exactly is a Halfway House? Simply put, a halfway house is a sober-living environment for addicts and alcoholics in early recovery. Halfway houses help people make the transition from active addiction to responsible member of society. This transition, from active...
by Sally Rosa | Dec 9, 2013 | Addiction Articles, Recovery
Well, Does It? I often wonder if there’s quality, effective, and impactful substance abuse and mental health treatment. What I’m asking is – do clinical philosophy and client-centered treatment count more than money? People are dying left and right...
by Fiona Stockard | Sep 17, 2013 | Recovery
Together, We Create Harmony and Move As One
by Fiona Stockard | Aug 19, 2013 | Recovery
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...
by Fiona Stockard | Jul 16, 2013 | Recovery
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...
by Fiona Stockard | May 14, 2013 | Addiction Treatment, Recovery
Pain in Sobriety It’s like a rite of passage everyone knows about and no one is looking forward to. It’s not a secret by any means. It’s talked about openly and honestly in meetings all over the world. It’s the big show everyone knows they have...
by Fiona Stockard | Feb 6, 2013 | Addiction Treatment, Recovery
Addiction is a gruesome little fellow, huh? He comes in, takes over our lives, and ruins our dreams. He makes us believe he isn’t a disease. He makes us believe he’s just a phase, just a problem. In treatment, my therapist said addiction and alcoholism...
by Sally Rosa | Jan 25, 2013 | Addiction Treatment, Recovery
Treatment is just the beginning. I used to hate when people told me that! It didn’t matter if they were therapists, family, or friends. I didn’t want to hear it! Turns out they were telling me the truth though. Moving into a sober-living house (a halfway...
by Fiona Stockard | Dec 21, 2012 | Addiction Treatment, Recovery
Written By: Fiona Stockard How to Stay Sober During the Holidays Holidays and I Don’t Mix! The holidays were always a strange time for me. This was the time of year to be happy, to be content, to spend quality time with the people I love. However, even before...
by Fiona Stockard | Dec 21, 2012 | Addiction Treatment, Recovery
Growing Up Religious I never had any intention of growing up and becoming a drug addict. It just sort of happened. I saw things I’d been sheltered from my entire life. I did things I swore I’d never do. I was born into a way of life where God, and the...
by A Women in Sobriety | Dec 21, 2012 | Addiction Treatment, Recovery
Written By: Fiona Stockard Fake It ‘Till You Make It “Fake it ’till you make it” is one of the many slogans I heard early on in AA. I thought most of the slogans were stupid, but this one, I could never really wrap my head around it. Fake…what,...
