I knew when I FIRST started drinking as a salve to my problems – that something good had to come out of it.
What an ironic statement – something good from drinking! Especially coming from the experienced perspective of the child of an alcoholic.
The time has come to heal. The triggers that seemed insurmountable when this all started are in the past. I’ve been working on setting myself up for success – making changes to build a solid foundation as a starting point. My life certainly isn’t perfect, but it has all the ingredients needed to find joy and peace.
I have definitely been to some pretty low spots emotionally, financially, in my own success, and more. Thankfully I’ve never had legal issues -which many alcoholics do have. But isolation from friends and family, inability to stay focused, difficulty staying on the path I’ve chosen, poor physical and mental health – those I have a full grasp of.
And yet I found the strength to make some basic changes to help me prepare for the journey of recovery.
I’m writing this blog for two reasons; 1. to keep myself honest. I have to have a reason for doing something beyond myself. That’s just how I’m programmed. 2. to provide a perspective of recovery from alcoholism that is as honest as possible, and captures the failures and successes of the path to recovery (from my experience at least) in a way that provides inspiration I hope to anyone, and dispels some of the myths and false beliefs of our current mental health and addiction treatment paradigms.
