Category: alcoholism
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Forty Things for Forty Years
I turned the big 4-0 recently, and, hear me out, I know I’m not old. Forty is the new thirty, right? But damn, I’m not young anymore either. I guess I feel somewhere in the middle – old enough to know things, young enough to still be figuring things out. I’ve been reflecting and thinking…
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Claire Bays Reminds Us: You are Capable
I went live on Instagram the other day to interview my dear friend, Claire Bays. You may remember Claire from her guest blog post, “The Most Important Conversation You’ll Ever Have.” Claire and I went live talking about her experience with Crossfit, sobriety, mindfulness and more. YOU ARE CAPABLE I wanted to share here on…
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Controlled Drinking Helped Me Find My Bottom
I wrote about recovering from alcoholism briefly in my first blog post, explaining how giving up drinking had launched me onto a path of personal development. The decision to quit drinking was an extremely difficult one, because alcohol was so much apart of my identity at twenty-five. But after I experimented with controlled drinking, it…
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Growing from the Bottom: Overcoming Alcoholism and Depression
In 2008, I was 25, and I was dying. Okay not literally. But figuratively, I was at the end. It was the beginning of my personal development journey – I just didn’t know it yet. STRUGGLES WITH ALCOHOLISM AND DEPRESSION I struggled with depression and alcoholism for years. I remember the first time I deeply…
A Growth Mindset 