lori hart smith

sober poet + advocate

[lori hart smith @lorihartsmith]

121 days until summer.

[lori hart smith @lorihartsmith]

@thecampaignbook Shia: read Andrea Gibson’s poetry. I wish you every blessing. Grace.

[Anthony Scaramucci @Scaramucci]

Orange is the New Orange 🍊

[my book is better than my tweets @MichellCClark]

sending love to everyone who is trying to rediscover their voice after life made them believe that silence was safer

[Mary Beth O'Connor @MaryBethO_]

In California, the death rate from #alcohol liver disease during the last three years was 25% higher than pre-pandemic. Increased consumption and lack of treatment beds are the main contributors. #addiction #Health

[lori hart smith @lorihartsmith]

@ThatEricAlper Dave Matthews

[Family Addiction Coach 💙 Patrick Doyle MSW @PatrickDoyle_35]

The term 'enabling' is positive in all Spaces except addiction.

ENABLING a pc software driver makes the pc operate properly.

Eyeglasses ENABLE folks to read.

The term has been co-opted and weaponized to harm us families, and persons, with addiction.

We are blamed, judged, pushed aside, marginalized by the treatment industry; to protect their feeder system funneling pts back when use is resumed.

Relapse is not necessarily a given, but they tell us that it happens universally because the industry needs the $40B pump primed.

Pts don't fail treatment; treatment fails pts.

[Family Addiction Coach 💙 Patrick Doyle MSW @PatrickDoyle_35]

ICYMI; my shocking, controversial, scathing attack on the addiction treatment industry complex's long tradition of harms to patients and families.

How else can we view a $40B industry that, with some exceptions,
⚫️claims to be a medical service,
⚫️gets reimbursed for medical service claims,
⚫️yet fails to deliver treatment meeting the latest medical research and standards of care?

[Ryan Holiday @RyanHoliday]

The mind is an important and sacred place. Keep it clean and clear.

[Garrett Reuscher @GarrettReuscher]

List of people who are not your friends and you should never talk to:
1) police
2) cops
3) K-9 unit (dog police)
4) Instagram profiles openly selling drugs (undercover cops)
5) narcs

[Adam Grant @AdamMGrant]

In school, time pressure on tests favors the fastest sprinters. But in life, success is a marathon.

The students with the greatest potential aren’t always the ones who rapidly spit out the right answers.

They’re often the ones who take the time to ask the right questions.

https://t.co/RCtvEMYwqA

[Mobilize Recovery @MobilizeRecover]

'The true job of recovery is to help other people.'
-MACKLEMORE, GRAMMY-AWARD WINNING AMERICAN RAPPER, SINGER, AND SONGWRITER
| MOBILIZE RECOVERY | SEPTEMBER 18, 2023 | DC
#MobilizeRecovery #Macklemore

[Perfect Guidance 🧭 @PerfectGuide_]

Don't react. Control your emotions. Stay cool.

[Success Minded @_SuccessMinded_]

Affirm:

[Counting Crows @CountingCrows]

30 years ago… we released the album that changed our lives. Happy birthday to August and Everything After. To celebrate, we’ll be highlighting each song from the album on our socials. Let’s dig into this music together and reminisce on the memories associated with this record.

[Tiny Buddha @tinybuddha]

Today I learned about a term called a 'glimmer.’ The opposite of a trigger. Glimmers are those moments in your day that make you feel joy, happiness, peace, or gratitude. Once you train your brain to be on the lookout for glimmers, these tiny moments will appear more and more.

[Mary Beth O'Connor @MaryBethO_]

When a craving for #alcohol or other substances hits, sometimes it helps to remind yourself that it's just a thought. Not an order, not a prediction. Just habitual. #recoveryposse #healing #addiction

[Success Minded @_SuccessMinded_]

Focus on yourself.

[Dr. Nicole LePera @Theholisticpsyc]

LIFE ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT GO UNNOTICED:

1. Being happy in your marriage
2. Taking a pay cut to do a job you love
3. Making a major life shift at 50 or 60
4. Enjoying your own company
5. Being able to say “no” comfortably
6. Using your gifts to help others
7. Divorce from a dysfunctional situation