More Than 28

Make addiction treatment convenient, comprehensive, and, most of all, covered by insurance.

[More Than 28 @morethan28]

See my latest in the @PittsburghPG on why using pot and gambling to fill your budget holes is not the bargain it appears.

https://t.co/p3xMyTPaKL

[Sober With George @SoberWithGeorge]

Being sober doesn’t mean being perfect.
Some days you’ll feel unstoppable.
Other days you’ll feel like you’re barely holding it together.

That’s okay.
Healing isn’t a straight line…it’s a practice.
Be proud you’re still showing up.

#Sobriety #ODAAT #RecoveryPosse

[Brittany L. Shelton 💜 @_BLShelton]

People hate when I say this but if you want your life to be different you're going to have to start making different choices.

Stop saying yes when you want to say no.

Stop allowing other people to walk all over you.

Create distance between yourself & unhealthy ppl.

[clean af and climbing @projectrewire0]

“Once an addict, always an addict” is one of the most damaging lies we repeat.
People change.
Brains heal.
Recovery is not a life sentence it’s a new life.

[The Sober Heathen @thesoberheathen]

You are worth the effort.

[Southern Yankee @SouthernYankee]

I traded fuzzy nights for fantastic mornings.

Total sobriety is a gift.

[Louie @louieruvolo]

I didn’t decide to get Sober 23 years ago and just forget that decision

Sobriety is a choice I make

Every. Single. Day.

[Brittany L. Shelton 💜 @_BLShelton]

I agree that it happens.
Lapse. Relapse.
And no one should be shamed for it.

BUT.

It is absolutely NOT a part of everyone's process or experience. And you CAN see it coming. Signs. Red flags. A long list of warnings that precede a lapse & most definitely a full blown relapse.

[Louie @louieruvolo]

Any alcoholic will tell you that staying Sober is really hard when you want to drink

That’s why it’s so important to create and maintain a life in Sobriety where

You don’t want to drink

[More Than 28 @morethan28]

I could not agree more that he was as human as the rest of us and looked for solutions to this condition everywhere he could. But he also returned to and promoted abstinence after the experience. It seems to be a selective reading of history to say that he didn't believe that abstinence was the way.

[More Than 28 @morethan28]

The existential crisis facing Americans is the loneliness epidemic and deaths of despair from substance use and mental health challenges. The AMA should focus on screening and intervention training for primary care physicians in behavioral health.

[AMA @AmerMedicalAssn]

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[More Than 28 @morethan28]

@thesoberheathen It's hard for funding agencies to come up with benchmarks for programs. Using success rates don't work because they are largely out of the program's control, especially when it is mandated programming. I'm sympathetic to trying to enforce some standard.

[More Than 28 @morethan28]

For the last five years my chips have always had a "V" (IV, V, VI, etc.). Even though 9 is a year short of a decade, moving into the part of my sobriety that has an "X" feels like a new chapter.

Thank you to Caron Treatment Centers, my Monday Night Group, and my family and friends for all of their support.

[More Than 28 @morethan28]

@queenofthesou1 Congratulations 👏

[Greg Olsen @Gregor1313]

I’m not saying this to be mean but there’s a good chance that you will be boring in the early months of sobriety. I’m sure I was..

It’s a huge adjustment. Think about any get togethers you’ve attended. Everyone is stiff early on until they get a few drinks in them — And there we are, twiddling our thumbs trying to figure out how to be ourselves without the aid of alcohol to loosen us up.

Give yourself some grace and be confident that the sober version of yourself is a better version than the liquored up you, but it takes time — And for certain it will always be worth a little bit of early discomfort

[Marlene Yadi ✨🦋 @sobermarlene]

The more I am sober, I am learning more about myself.

[Mike The Situation ☝🏻 @ItsTheSituation]

In a couple of years, you won't care about how long it took.

You'll just be glad you never gave up 😤

[Mental Health America @MentalHealthAm]

Instead of punishing yourself, give yourself permission to learn from your mistakes. You deserve grace.