They finally went to alcohol detox. Maybe it took a fight, an intervention, or a quiet decision after weeks of spiraling. Maybe it felt like…
You didn’t forget everything. You didn’t lose it all. And no matter what your brain is screaming right now—you’re not back at square one. You’re…
I used to prep quarterly reports with vodka in my coffee mug. My team thought I was thriving. My boss gave me more responsibility. I…
There’s a silence that creeps in when the chaos stops. You’ve been sober a while. Maybe over a year. You did the work. You followed…
Even when you know alcohol has to go, there’s still fear in letting it leave your body. Will detox meds make me numb? Will I…
You’ve tried once and stepped away. You might feel like you left people hanging. Now, you’re wondering—how do you go back to treatment when there’s…
I didn’t want to die. But I didn’t really want to live, either. It wasn’t a crisis. It was quiet. I’d wake up, go through…
There’s a quiet kind of shame that doesn’t show up right away. It waits until the dust settles. After the relapse. After the quiet slide…
When someone you love is using, your heart becomes a battlefield. One minute you’re hoping for change. The next, you’re making excuses. Sometimes, you’re just…
Sometimes, the hardest part isn’t getting sober—it’s deciding how to start again after you’ve stepped away. If you’ve ghosted your IOP, paused care, or feel…