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What Recovery Means for Your Identity & Sense of Self

January 16, 2018 No Comments

“What is everyone else going to think about this?” How often does this question come to your mind when you need to decide about whom

Navigating Social Media… Sober

June 4, 2015 No Comments

I wish someone told me how to navigate social media when I got sober…

I’m one month shy of my 21st birthday, attending my junior year of college in Los Angeles, and trying to accept my powerlessness over alcohol in the midst of the constant glorification of partying on social media.

Practically everyone I was following on Instagram and Facebook posted pictures of their 21st birthday drink, which was on average the size of Mount Vesuvius, and they looked so put together and happy. They weren’t crying, alone, on their couch with a bottle of Sky vodka and Diet Coke (with lime) watching How I Met Your Mother, wishing they had such dedicated friends… Or just one friend.

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What​ ​Recovery​ ​Means​ ​for​ ​Your​ ​Identity​ ​&​ ​Sense​ ​of​ ​Self

Navigating Social Media… Sober

What Recovery Means for Your Identity & Sense of Self