YES!!
Day 30 of the challenge. I made it! In case you missed it, my challenge was to write for 30 days about […]
Category: RECOVERY
RECOVERING
I am recovering. I am not recovered… I am in recovery. This I believe. This I know. My recovery course is ending […]
ONWARDS & UPWARDS
At the start of this 30 day challenge I was determined to write consistently about recovery and freedom – unfortunately I quickly […]
DARE TO DREAM
I’m away for a night visiting friends. Friends I’ve known so long we’ve become sisters 🙂 This is a quick trip so […]
MIGHTY IRONY
Oh, the irony… I’m in the midst of a 30-day challenge to write a post every day representing positivity and/or freedom from […]
EYE OPENER
Today was an eye opening day. It began as any other Saturday – a late lie-in, snuggling with my husband, watching the […]
FRESH AS A DAISY
Wallowing around in my little pity party yesterday was very cathartic. I feel fresh as a daisy today. Which is ironic given […]
YEARNING FOR YONDER YEARS
I hate where I’m at in life right now. I want to go back. Or forward. Anywhere but here. It is a wish guaranteed […]
NOT IN BLACK & WHITE
Perfectionistic thinking. It can be a bit of a curse. Apparently it can also be a really great personality trait – but I […]
VANQUISHING THE VOICES
I’m trying to picture a life free from disordered eating. What would it look like? How would I feel? What would be […]
END OF AN ERA
See that picture? That’s my toes. Pointing at a blank spot. A blank spot where my scales have sat since we renovated the bathroom about 12 years ago. (Before that they sat somewhere else…) For as long as I can remember, I have weighed myself first thing every morning – day in day out. Like clockwork. A special, comforting routine. I’d climb out of bed, empty bladder, strip naked, stare at fateful numbers.
INVOKING THE INNER CHILD
When I was a child I was repressed. Not in an awful way – we weren’t beaten or abused or mistreated in […]
INTO THE WOODS
I am heading into the woods. Recovery is a journey. A journey is traversed upon a road. This particular road heads into […]
CHALLENGE ACCEPTED
For anyone who hasn’t noticed, I have been struggling. Struggling with the concept of recovery. With freedom. With any kind of belief […]
MYSELF
Self-care. It’s the buzzword of the 21st century. I guess because a lot of us suck at it… There are over 242 words […]