by Fiona Stockard | Dec 22, 2014 | Addiction Articles, Sobriety For Women
The Hidden Danger of Energy Drinks If you’re alive, you probably drink energy drinks. I know I do. Red Bull and Monster have become our generation’s morning coffee. It seems like everybody has one of those shiny metal bottles in their hand at some point during the...
by Sally Rosa | Dec 3, 2014 | Addiction Articles, Sobriety For Women
Alcoholics Anonymous: The Early Days Alcoholics Anonymous began on the first day of Dr. Bob’s sobriety – June 10th, 1935. Several years later, 1939 to be exact, the book Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of How Many Thousands of Men and Women Have Recovered from...
by Sally Rosa | Nov 3, 2014 | Addiction Articles, Sobriety For Women
As Ebola Panic Dies Down, Let’s Talk about Addiction A number of new polls show that Americans are less worried about an Ebola outbreak than they were last week! Three cheers for doctors and first-world medical care! According to Bloomburg Politics, 69% of Americans...
by Sally Rosa | Oct 27, 2014 | Addiction Articles, Sobriety For Women
The Article Heard Round the World: Amanda Bynes and Mental Illness Last week, a young writer name Sam Dylan Finch shed a very human perspective on Amanda Bynes and her ongoing struggles with mental illness. The essay was, simply put, breathtaking. Since being...
by Sally Rosa | Oct 27, 2014 | Addiction Articles, Sobriety For Women
Zelda Williams, Robin Williams Daughter, Reveals Her New Ink Without giving in to hyperbole, it’s safe to say that Robin Williams death shocked the nation. We lost an actor, comedian, and social critic with few peers. In the wake of his passing, a conversation...
by Fiona Stockard | Oct 1, 2014 | Sobriety For Women
Written By: Fiona Stockard My Name is Fiona and I’m an Addict It took me far too long to say those words. It took me even longer to mean them. My road to recovery from substance abuse began the first time I made myself vomit. See, before I could imagine getting...
by Fiona Stockard | Oct 1, 2014 | Sobriety For Women
Written By: Fiona Stockard First Thing’s First Okay, here’s the deal, I’m not going to sugar coat this. I’m not going to blow smoke up your t*ts for twenty minutes. I’m going get right to the answer. Date a recovering alcoholic or addict. “But Fiona, what if...
by Sally Rosa | Sep 17, 2014 | Sobriety For Women
Written by: Tim Myers What Make Sober Women Hot? I’m a man in recovery and I’m here to tell you today exactly what I think makes sober women hot. 1. Tattoos 2. Great Tits 3. Expensive, Sexy Clothes 4. Sports Car 5. Lack of Fat Nope, just kidding. None of those, not a...
by Sally Rosa | Sep 8, 2014 | Sobriety For Women
Laura’s Story In 2010, my husband of over six years filed for divorce. He took my name off of our bank accounts, so I couldn’t get money to hire a lawyer. In court, the judge gave me a continuance to seek council. On the courthouse steps, my ex-husband’s lawyer...
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 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 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 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 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 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...
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 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 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 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 | 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 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 A Women in Sobriety | Mar 19, 2014 | Addiction Articles, Sobriety For Women
Written By: Fiona Stockard Delray Beach is The Recovery Capital of The World! Delray Beach, Florida, is known as the recovery capital of the United States. It’s also knows as the recovery capital of the world! It’s located in Palm Beach County, in...
by Sally Rosa | Mar 18, 2014 | Addiction Articles, Sobriety For Women
Written By: Fiona Stockard Why Go To An All Women’s Treatment Center? Laura suffers from heroin addiction and an eating disorder. She goes to a traditional treatment center and is placed in a male therapist’s caseload. Not only does her therapist have no...
by Sally Rosa | Nov 28, 2013 | Addiction Articles, Sobriety For Women
The holidays are stressful for a lot of people, especially those in recovery! Here are some great tips to make it through the holidays stress free and sober! 1) Don’t Test Your Willpower Get rid of all the alcohol in your house, including bottles “for guests.”...
by Fiona Stockard | Nov 1, 2013 | Sobriety For Women
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by A Women in Sobriety | Jun 9, 2013 | Addiction Treatment, Sobriety For Women
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...
by Fiona Stockard | May 22, 2013 | Addiction Treatment, Sobriety For Women
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....
