The Most Important Thing I Heard in Early Recovery I remember my first AA meeting like it was yesterday. The way it smelled (stale…
The Beauty of Multiple Pathways of Recovery Over the years, my recovery and what it looks like has ebbed and flowed depending…
Recover Like A Woman As a woman, addiction recovery is about so much more than quitting alcohol and other…
The Opposite of Addiction There is an interesting Ted Talk called Everything You Think You Know About Addiction is…
Where is God in the Struggle of Addiction? A Conversation with author Philip Yancey By Caroline Beidler On one bright summer afternoon, after…
Intergenerational Trauma and Recovery Doe-eyed Anne Frank wrote in her infamous autobiography The Diary of a Young Girl: “I…
The Importance of a Recovery Reset The other day, my phone glitched—or at least, I thought that’s what happened. Suddenly Facebook…
Transformation is a Journey The reason I talk about recovery and resilience is simple. I’ve lived too many years…
Who the Hero is in My Recovery Story If you want to be anything these days (including a writer), you also have to…
Recovering Residences Can Help Support Recovery A couple of months into recovery I was desperately trying to maintain my sobriety. With…