Rebuilding Your Life in Recovery
For years, maybe decades, your substance or behavior made decisions for you. Where you went, who you spent time with, how you spent your money, what you did with your time. It was exhausting and destructive, but in a weird way, it was also simple. Your life had a structure, even if that structure was slowly killing you.
Now that structure is gone. And you're expected to just know how to build a new one?
The truth is, most of us don't.
You Weren't Conscious. Understanding Behavior and Awareness in Recovery
You weren't acting from consciousness when you were using—you were acting from pain, programming, and survival. Understanding this distinction is crucial for self-forgiveness in recovery.
The 4 Rs: A Framework for Self-Forgiveness
What about the weight you carry from everything that came before? Learn how self-forgiveness creates space for lasting change—without letting yourself off the hook.
It Wasn’t About the Addiction. It Was About the Trauma.
The real work is figuring out what you’re trying not to feel. What truths you have to face. What changes you have to make. It’s learning that the key to lasting recovery isn’t just abstaining from your drug of choice—it’s getting to the bottom of why you needed it in the first place.
Radical Self-Honesty is the One Thing That Changes Everything
The gap between what we know and what we're willing to admit—that's where we stay stuck. Radical self-honesty isn't about being hard on yourself. It's about finally being real with yourself. Learn why this single practice changes everything in early recovery, and get practical tools to start telling yourself the truth today. Because the truth might hurt, but the lies will kill you.ll begins with an idea.