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Home Sweet Home

I am now out of treatment and back into the real world to begin my recovery.  On one hand it is a scary concept, but one about which I am excited.  At first all I felt was anxiety and nervousness.  Most people would imagine that I would feel excited and happy to...

Acceptance–A disease of the mind.

So I just read an article titled "Why the Best Thing in Life are All Backwards," by Mark Manson, and it made me think of my alcoholic brain.  It basically describes this inverted curve that represents things in our life that are counter-intuitive.  In other words,...

Birthday Morning – Grateful!

Well today is my birthday.  40 years old and I am celebrating by going to my Outpatient, working and class.  The good thing is that I am sober and I have about 2 and a half months clean.  I can actually accept happy birthday from loved ones and even strangers...

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...