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Understanding Harm Reduction in Recovery
Contributing Writer – Jason Mayo I’ve been in recovery since 2010. But I didn’t even know what “harm reduction” was until I started my new career as a peer advocate a year and a half ago. Since then, I’ve learned… Continue reading
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The Unexpected Gift of Sobriety: A Life Reclaimed
Guest Contributor – Scott Fleisig Wait, I have to be sober… forever??? I’ll never forget walking into my first AA meeting in October 2007, in Birmingham, Alabama. Heading to a church meeting room to try a program that kept mentioning… Continue reading
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Embracing Pain: Turning Struggles into Strength
Contributing Writer – Jason Mayo We’re all the sum of our experiences—the joy, the pain, and even the moments we wish we could erase. It’s easy to want to shut the door on the darkest times, but the truth is… Continue reading
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Finding Freedom: Overcoming Addiction and Embracing Honesty
Guest Contributor – Linda Arenz Shaffer The guilt and shame, the dry heaves, the obsessions for more cocaine and whiskey, the hurt feelings of friends, the wrecked cars, the blacked-out nights, the bewilderment. Hitting bottom 38 years ago at age… Continue reading
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The Power of Letting Go: Finding Peace in Acceptance
Contributing Writer – Jason Mayo Letting go. Two simple words, yet they carry so much weight. They sound liberating on the surface, but anyone who’s ever tried to release their grip on something they can’t control knows how much of… Continue reading
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Coping with Election Stress: Find Your Calm
Contributing Writer – Jason Mayo With the presidential election happening in real-time, it’s easy to feel a knot of anxiety tightening in your chest. Elections bring uncertainty, and for many of us, that “unknown” can be one of the hardest… Continue reading
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Miracles of Recovery: A Testimony of Change and Gratitude
Guest Contributor – Christopher Camera As my eyes slowly open upon the birth of a new morning, I jump out of bed with a feeling of excitement, inner joy, serenity, and a childlike innocence for a new day, a new… Continue reading
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Finding Self-Worth Through Faith: My Journey
Guest Contributor- Diane Anderson I believe not having a real sense of self-worth was the catalyst of the inevitable “bad things” happening to me. Hmmm, bad things didn’t “happen”—I allowed them because I never valued myself enough to know I… Continue reading
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Embracing Change and Finding Freedom: My Journey to Healing
Guest Contributor – Josh Jupiter I’ve always been a curious person, a seeker. I love exploring, learning, and diving deep into whatever captivates me. It’s a trait I cherish. But in March 2021, after working on a film project for… Continue reading
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Rediscovering Creativity After Sobriety
Contributing Writer – Jason Mayo From my late teens to my late 30s, I clung to the idea that to be a real writer, you had to be a tortured soul. And for me, that meant drinking. A lot. I… Continue reading
