It has come to our attention that the greatest sober app ever to be invented has recently been released to the public at the start of this month. The app is called Sober Grid, and it is the greatest sobriety tool ever to be...
"That won't happen to me; I am a safe user." - Most Active Addicts
As active addicts or alcoholics, we tend to think we are invincible. We push drug and drink into our bodies with little to no thought about the danger of what...
Vivitrol is an injectable medicine used for treating the dependence of alcohol and opiates.
Okay, but what does that really mean? In layman's terms, Vivitrol is used to prevent alcohol or opiate relapse (Codeine, Vicodin, Hycodan, Oxycontin, Percoset, Dilaudid, etc.).
Vivitrol is used as a supplement to...
Dear Anxiety,
I am massively resentful towards you for the constant strain you put on my daily life.
You take over my simplest, most innocent thoughts and turn them into negative experiences. You then proceed to attack every part of my body from my head...
More often than not, as alcoholics and addicts, we struggle with some form of codependency.
Codependency is not black and white, by any means.
Codependency can manifest itself in a variety of ways: people pleasing, manipulation, narcissism, drama-loving, controlling, stalking, 'doormat' syndrome, and more.
The term 'codependent' generally...
If you have been sober for a couple of days so far, chances are you have heard someone say the word 'grateful' in a sentence.
If you have been sober for 1-2 weeks, chances are you have heard the word grateful used in so many sentences...
Anxiety: the most common dual diagnosis among alcoholics and addicts; the most common response when you take our drugs and alcohol away; the completely debilitating sensation that makes you want to literally crawl out of your skin to escape it all; the short circuit thoughts...
In the midst of our disease, our world is chaos.
Everything we do feels rushed, overwhelming, and debilitating. Everyone we talk to is frustrating, nosy, and again, overwhelming. Every thought that enters our head feels cluttered, irrevocably powerful, and disheveled.
Our world is chaos and we don't even...
We've come to a turning point, whether self-made or forced.
Drugs and alcohol have interfered with some aspect of our lives, causing other people or our innermost selves to happen upon a thought: "Is this a problem?"
Whether we immediately retort: "No, that's probably not true. I can...
