I was the person everyone assumed had it together. I woke up early, answered emails before coffee, crushed the gym circuit, made the numbers look good. And then I’d pour...
Some people think once you’re in treatment, it gets easier. That showing up to an intensive outpatient program (IOP) means you’ve crossed some magical threshold where healing just clicks into...
You stopped going. Maybe it was after a rough session. Maybe it started as “just a couple missed days.” Maybe you ghosted hard—no warning, no follow-up, just vanished. Now here...
Some people expect sobriety to feel like a grand reveal. Like once the substance is gone, the healing just shows up and starts doing cartwheels in your nervous system. But...
I still remember sitting on the edge of that crinkly paper-covered exam chair while the psychiatrist scribbled something into a chart. I was expecting… I don’t know. Questions? Insight? Maybe...
There’s a kind of discomfort that doesn’t scream—it just hums. It sounds like: “I’m not spiraling… but I’m not okay either.” It feels like: scrolling when you’re sad, drinking when...
When you love someone who’s not okay, it starts to rearrange you. You may not even notice it at first. You’re just “being there,” holding space, handling logistics, absorbing stress....
If you’re reading this, it likely means something serious is happening with your child. Maybe they’re a young adult who’s struggling with depression, self-harm, anger, withdrawal—or maybe it’s something harder...
If you’re reading this, you’re probably scared. Not dramatic-scared. Not crying-on-the-floor scared. But the quiet, logical kind—the one where your brain keeps looping: “What if I can’t do it?” “What...
Sometimes, the hardest part of recovery isn’t the beginning. It’s what comes after. When the dust settles. When the chaos fades. When your life looks “normal” again—stable job, repaired relationships,...
