Sobriety is meant to free you, from substances, from self-destruction, from shame. But somewhere along the line, it can quietly turn into something else. A role. A performance. A badge you wear to prove you’ve…
When most people think of addiction, they imagine the substances, bottles, needles, pills. What they don’t see is the invisible clutter that remains long after detox. Memories. Regrets. Guilt. Grudges. These don’t fit neatly into…
When addiction ends, something else begins, a desperate search to fill the space it leaves behind. For many, that space gets filled with faith. Religion, spirituality, higher power, whatever name it takes, it often becomes…