The Recovery Elevator Blog
We Loved It, We Hated It | The Confusing Dynamics During Early Alcohol Recovery
I'm an alcoholic. Okay, so that probably didn't really get your attention since this is a blog about that very subject. Let me say that another way, and note that I will use the past tense. I LOVED alcohol. I loved the way it made me feel. I loved to hold it. I loved...
18 Months of Serenity | A Look Into Early Sobriety from Alcohol Addiction
Today I am 18 months and two days sober. And today I am happier than I have been since I was a little girl and the solution to all of life’s problems were found in the highest whispering branches of the tree in my front yard. In those days I fell into bed drunk with...
Six Days Straight
During Paul’s Recovery Elevator podcast interviews, he often asks about our first 24, 36 or 48 hours of sobriety. Where were we? How did was pass time? Did we experience detoxification in a safe environment, or did we survive on our own root desire and...
Struck Drunk – The Myth
*Alcoholics Anonymous works for me. The fellowship and my personal program, are what has kept me sober for nearly 10 months. I have a “home group” and attend a daily meeting, or sometimes two meetings per day. Recently, I stepped out of my comfort zone and attended a...
The Bottom Floor
To reach the lowest or worst point of something; to descend to the lowest point possible, after which only an increase is possible; to reach a level that is as low as it will be. Hitting bottom is as personal and individual as the God we pray to, or the spirituality...
