I met Lara after I started going public with my recovery and I had instantly connected with her! Lara has a huge heart and has been helping many people along the way. Her writing is raw, real, honest, and insightful and often she takes the words right out of my head. Recently she wrote two […]
Written by Peter Lang In many 12-step meetings, you pick up a white chip whenever you come back in after a relapse. A common joke between people who relapse repeatedly, is to say that we have enough white chips to tile a bathroom. Up until recently, this was definitely me. I have had a history […]
Posted with permission from an email sent to Sober Courage by Robert You can read PART 1 HERE. I continued down this path until my senior year of college at the citadel. My junior year and that summer were especially bad, drinking so much during the week. I drank at my job all summer long […]
Posted with permission from an email sent to Sober Courage by Robert My entire life has been a blessing. I do not believe in God, but I do believe that some people may be luckier than others. I am one of those people who I believe are more fortunate than others. I grew up in […]
*From the Sober Courage Mailbox* by Christi W. I sat in my car with tear filled eyes, gazing up at the dilapidated old building I lived in wondering, how did I get here? How did I go from enjoying a successful career, living and working in a swanky highrise in downtown Dallas to a shaking […]
