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6 months!

Well it's been a while since I posted last.  I am proud and happy to say I now have 6 months sober.  It is not my longest stint, nor is it my first time, but it has been a long time since I have hit this benchmark.  I can tell you that it is not easy.  In fact, I...

Self-Care

I keep getting told that I need to make time for self care and for some reason I find myself resisting this and justifying not doing it.  This weekend I go back home to visit my fiancee and I was asked what I would do to take time for myself, or if things get too...

Mess of thoughts

So I am out of treatment in about a week and I know I have some anxiety behind it.  I don't recognize that i feel anxious, I guess because it is hard for me to actually identify what I feel at times, but I know that I have some anxiety behind it due to some of my...

2 months in

Well I'm 72 days in and my motivation has gone down.  Recently I got a thought of how great it would feel to have a few drinks.  Just to be able to relax a little bit.  Although I know that there is no way that I would be able to just stay relaxed.  I would get drunk...