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Mess of thoughts

by | June 8, 2018 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments

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...
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Self-Care

by | May 23, 2018 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments

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...
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Acceptance–A disease of the mind.

by | June 10, 2018 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments

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,...
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2 months in

by | May 19, 2018 | Uncategorized

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...