“persist and resist…persist in our efforts to live well and resist those things that would drag us down. pretty much the perfect slogan for those of us slogging our way through recovery, be it from substances, behaviours, mental illnesses, or a combination thereof.” Continue reading persist and resist
“i want to be ms. barber when i grow up… i want her belief that her body is just one thing about her, and it’s not even the most important or interesting thing.” Continue reading more than just a body
recovery is very much non-linear, and it persists in being so despite my wishing that it was otherwise. you work, you stumble, you relapse, you sink. you drop low, back down into the pit. what makes it recovery rather than just a fall is what happens next. Continue reading the non-linear nature of recovery
there are a lot of things on my need-to-do-right-now list all of a sudden and that generally means one thing. it does not mean that i’ve become a passionate adherent of the perfection and beauty that can be found with the skilful application of closet liners and space organizers. instead, it means that my anxiety is on the rise. Continue reading alphabetizing my anxiety
From Famine to Feast 