With my absence from blogging over the last few months, I forgot to share another milestone I reached. I became 5 years clean and sober back on 31 March 2016. When you’ve been an addict for as long as I was, getting through one day at a time is a milestone. Having an anniversary date […]
Health
Heavy metal music makes you calm
source It was in the press recently that a study has proven that listening to heavy metal or punk music can actually make you relaxed not turn you into a satan worshiping, pet sacrificing, head banging moron which is what most people must think. The study was undertaken by the University of Queensland (UQ) School […]
4 years clean and serene today!
Well, I did it! Never in my wildest dreams did I think, four years ago today, that I would be living the life I am today. Drug free, clean and serene and happier than I’ve ever been in my whole life. I live my life, one day at a time. Just one day at a […]
Clean & serene for 1400 days
Today I am 1400 days clean and serene, that is, drug free, alcohol free and free to make choices that will only benefit my life. In just over 2 months time I’ll be 4 years clean but I don’t look too far in advance. I take it day by day and live “just for today”. […]
Recovery
How did this happen? How did nearly 2 years in recovery just (literally) go up in smoke with just one cone? “Just one cone”, I said. The next two years of my life in relapse was going to be the most difficult. To the point of giving up completely. I’ve never known a more awful […]