Tag: mental-health

Let Your Voice Out

I’m a beginner singer/songwriter. Zero musical background or possibility, but it just sorta… happened.  One mega-huge-feeling baby step at a time. Because…it feels good to do it. I enjoy it. And thinking about the future or purpose of it is irrelevant and not necessary. So I’ve written a handful of songs now, that originate from…

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Setbacks

I will do the work. To connect with and wake my body back up even though I kinda fell apart again.  I WILL pay the price, each and every time, because that is my reality.  I’d rather do it than to fall apart more.  I *know now* that it works.  That I get stronger.  That my body feels more capable and that it is there for me.  That my life and existence become more expressive, and that it feels really good, and is a source of pleasure.

Are you a patient patient?

Patience is a vital skill to have in healing – spontaneous remissions are fabulous, but they are not part of everyone’s destiny.  In most cases, it took a LONG time of poor self-care and poor self-love to develop the conditions that are now manifesting in the body.  So, healing from those will not happen overnight.

A Hundred Days with No Elephants

I’m on day 100. A hundred days without alcohol. When I set out, this milestone would have been super-duper proud enoughness.  Goal complete. So, I *could* resume drinking at this point…
But why would I *want* to?

Face the Realities

When it comes to addictions, there seems to be no “moderation” that is also at peace.