What No One Tells You About Sobriety
When I stopped using drugs to suppress my emotional pain, I had to start the long process of learning how to manage life without substances to help me.
Seth Blais
Seth Blais is a writer, speaker, and person in recovery.
Latest Posts
It Doesn’t Matter If You Think Addiction Is Not A Disease
Calling addiction a disease does not eliminate responsibility for the actions of those who are struggling, it allows them to admit their shortcomings and seek treatment without fear of being stigmatized and bullied. People with diseases find appropriate treatment.
Your Circumstances Don’t Care How You Feel About Them
In the fall of 2016, I was on a steep decline towards being homeless, or worse, dead.
Compliments Make Me Uncomfortable, But I’m Slowly Learning To Accept Them
On Learning To Be Alone
Most of us sometimes experience negative or painful thoughts when left alone to think. Many people, myself included, like to use this time to beat up on ourselves and practice negative self-thought.
Why I Injected Myself With A Dirty Syringe
This was a hospital, after all, they couldn’t be bothered by a sick person trying to reduce the harm of his disease.
Recovering From Addiction Means Withdrawing From Emotions Too
One of the most challenging parts of entering recovery is that you are forced to face the same painful emotions and challenges, but without the help of drugs and alcohol.
4 Things I’m Giving Up In The New Year To Help Me In My Recovery
Perfectionism: I’ve never heard of anyone completing recovery–or accomplishing anything in life perfectly.
3 Things The Gym Is Teaching Me About My Recovery From Drug Addiction
Putting action behind the wanting never came easily. With too much planning and not enough action, I usually failed to execute and experience positive results.
