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the-drug-addicts-diary · 1 year

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every time i think to myself: 'this sober shit is boring' i remember there were times, when i was willing to give up anything except my next dose, for a chance to be where i am today.

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choasinthemaking · 3 months

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We’re 5 months clean and relearning life❤️‍🔥

#my life #self care #self love #selfie #lifesgood #we recover #recovery journey #recovery #clean and sober #clean girl #sober life #living sober #soberissexy #sober thoughts #staying sober #thickwhitegirl #thick and beautiful #thick vibes only

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talkrecoverylife · 9 months

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What do Dandelions know that I don’t?

Let’s talk about dandelions, Taraxacum Officinale. My favorite flower since I was a small child. The flower that nobody liked. As a kid, I loved seeing them growing in the grass, it was so pretty, the bright yellow on the green lawn. I especially loved it when the grass was full of them. I could not understand why people were always trying to kill them.

This was a flower I was allowed to pick, make bouquets with and collect. I remember picking them in the front yard to “save them” from my Dad. The good intention was there anyways.

As an adult, I still like them. I still think they are pretty. But I am a little more philosophical about it. Not that I don’t pick a bouquet when I have the chance.

Think about the dandelion. This is a flower that yearns to live and grow. “Damn hard to get rid of” as my Dad would say. We dig them out by the roots or poison them, and still they come back, spotting the grass with little yellow blooms. We put cinder blocks over them to make a sidewalk and they will pop up in the cracks. It’s like they don’t know, or don’t care that they are under attack. They are just doing their thing.

When it is time for them to die, there is no ugliness, no hard pieces to hurt your feet when you walk barefoot on the lawn. They just change to a white, soft puff ball, and when the wind is just right, their seeds and their DNA are blown up in the air. Wherever they land, a new flower will grow.

What if we had even some of these qualities? What if, in a world that thought we were ugly and unwanted, we could see our own beauty? What if we had the strength to stand up and come back from our defeats, as beautiful and strong as we were before? What if obstacles in our path were simply things we needed to either go around, or go through? What if when we were old and done, we sat at peace, knowing that our lives had meant something and we were leaving a legacy?

I believe that in recovery we have a responsibility to keep learning. The knowledge we get from sources such as AA, NA, OA, Smart Recovery, counselling, therapy, social media, podcasts etc., is invaluable. We would not make it without these resources. But sometimes can we learn lessons and be inspired by the simple things right in front of us, like a silly little flower? from flowers that have been there all along?

Recovery Life (talkrecoverylife.com)

#encouragement #inspiration #motivation #positive mental attitude #self care #recovering addict #sober life #sober #living sober #recovery #mental wellbeing #self compassion

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stomedmotherhood · 23 days

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If you used to be a heavy drinker & now you just smoke weed! YOURE DOING GREAT

if you used to smoke weed 24/7 and don’t now, but you just have a few beer or drinks every blue moon, YOURE DOING GREAT

if you were a pill head and now on methadone or subs, YOURE DOING GREAT

if you were a down head or a meth head and now you just smoke weed to cope with the side effects those drugs put on ur body for the rest of your life, YOURE DOING GREAT.

If you went cold turkey on everything all at once and never put a single substance in to your body after that, I’m proud of you! You’re doing great!

We are all just doing the best we fucking can!

don’t ever let someone tell your recovery journey isn’t “considered” recovery!

You got this and I am so so proud of you 💕

#autism #stoner mom #girls who smoke weed #sober life #sober living #12 steps #recovery #we do recover #sobriety #you got this #boys who smoke #boys who do drugs #girls who like girls #girls who do pills #xanax pills #happy pills

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monoamine-qveen · 8 months

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If you’re still in the qveendom I’m 4 months clean from drugs and almost 3 months clean from alcohol. I’m also staying in sunny San Diego, CA🌺🏖️

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soberscientistlife · 3 months

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read that again

#sober af #soberiety #sober life

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notdelusionalatall · 5 months

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It is all thanks to my psychiatrists, family, my best friend and me of course! 🩷

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queenfinehair · 11 days

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Hi, I'm 36 weeks sober today☺️

#me #mine #sober #sober life

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mimilala · 10 months

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2023 is my year 💕

I’m getting married in 7 days 👰🏼‍♀️💘💍

I make 10 years CLEAN AND SOBER in September 💉

And hopefully a job promotion in August 💎

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#personal #positivity #positive thinking #manifesation #manifesting #clean #sober #sober life #sober living #clean and sober #wedding

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theaddictspoetry · 8 months

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I don't wanna just survive

I don't wanna just 'get by,'

I want to LIVE,

Be known, be remembered,

I've lived thousands of lives,

Yet I'm still alive,

I'm done trying to hide,

Done letting darkness eat at me inside,

I'm still standing.

And as long as i breathe,

I'll never surrender.

So tell those who said I can't do it- that I've only just arrived.

@theaddictspoetry

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the-drug-addicts-diary · 11 months

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Nobody talks about it that much, but once you stop using drugs, you'll get temporarily addicted to the high of being clean. Everything looks optimistic. It's new. Life gets so perfect, colourful and beautiful. You'll get convinced that you won't feel the need to use that shit ever again, because why would you? It's that powerful.

So you go, and you start to build a new life for yourself, full of things you weren't able to do when you were using. The life you deserve.

But while the euphoria is fading away, the reality slowly catches up with you. Whatever thing you wanted to run away from with using drugs, will catch up with you. Therapy helps a lot, but the junkie part is still a part of you. You can try to break the pattern, piece by piece, or you can hide into denial, but you can't get rid of addiction. You can learn to live with it by accepting it and redirecting it somewhere else, which is what I'm trying to do with writing.

Some will redirect it to food, sport, religion or alcohol, but it doesn't really solve the problem. None of it.

In the end, it doesn't matter how fast you run, or how much different your life will get. You can never outrun yourself.

#addiction #drugs #drug addiction #recovery #drug addict #sobriety #addictions #drug addicts #drug use #sober life #drug addiction recovery #drug addict problems

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choasinthemaking · 7 months

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45 days clean and sober 💜

#my life #self care #self love #selfie #lifesgood #living sober #soberissexy #sober journey #clean and sober #soberiety #sober life #staying sober #thickthighs #thickwhitegirl #thick and beautiful #thick vibes only #curvy girls

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d00d-n0-way · 5 months

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29 days clean and sober!

#hellnohayley #addict in recovery #clean and sober #recovering addict #recovery #sober #sober life #sober living #sobriety #addiction recovery #drugs recovery

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welcometothenewweird · 1 month

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commitments

today i became the backup host for my home group of narcotics anonymous and i'm very proud of myself. they gave me my own set of keys and everything. i like feeling like i matter and belong somewhere

106 days of sobriety from all substances -- prescribed, legal, and otherwise.

i used to dull my autistic sensory issues..and to climb the corporate ladder. i was highly successful for many years, but now i'm dealing with burnout and figuring out who i am again.

this is where i'm supposed to be.

and that's beautiful, in its own way.

#narcotics anonymous #commitments #sobriety #sober life #addiction recovery

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emilydickinsonswife · 3 months

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potential tw: addiction

#poetry #original poetry #sober life #sobriety #healing journey #sobriety poem #addiction recovery #addiction poetry

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thrixve · 20 days

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day TEN 💯

i kinda of see it as day 10/14 because 14 was my original goal but it's also like, day 10/the foreseeable future... but i try not to think about that too much. day by day has been the way.

the clarity i'm starting to experience is hard to describe. you just can't comprehend how it'll feel until you get the toxins (alcohol) out of your system and then you feel it for real. mind-altering substance is definitely the thing to call it.

i'm very spiritual and i feel like getting that physical poison out of me for this long means i'm opening up more and more to what the universe/God/all that is all out there is trying to tell me. i feel very receptive right now. synchronicities all around... that's all i will say.

i'm definitely feeling some of the pressure from my social life to drink. it is so very normalized in our world and i am learning that there isn't much room or consideration for people who don't have a good relationship with alcohol, and for those who choose to stay sober because of such. people be acting like they understand and they praise you but then invite you out knowing full well you're expected to drink.

and i don't blame them if they've never been in my shoes and never experienced the hell that comes with abusing alcohol. some people drink and don't think twice about it. good for them - but that's not me. which has taken me a long time to come to terms with.

moving forward... i am continuing to find one reason not to drink every day, just for the day. i.e.: "i have plans to see my friend tomorrow and i don't want to be hungover." "i have work tomorrow and i feel and perform better when i'm not hungover." "i have schoolwork to do today and if i drink i probably won't do it."

and tie those in with my bigger life ambitions... i.e., wanting to finish school this year (so i need to do that schoolwork today), wanting to make good and healthy decisions socially and in all areas of my life (which typically does not happen when i get drunk).

and i just want to be me. a clear headed, best version of myself. because i know myself and my worth and i don't want alcohol to get in the way of that ever again. alcohol has made me degrade myself so much in so many ways over the years. i deserve better!

#soberlife #sober life #sobriety #personal #update #clean and sober #sober thoughts #recovery #recovery blog #sober #alcoholism #addiction recovery

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