I have learned something new; and here it is! I don’t know if you remember when I was previously writing about the three-worse-three: third day, third week and third month. My ‘cruellest month’ is not April (thanks T.S. Eliot) but December. I woke up one day, about two and a half weeks after having quit also …
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Stoptober 2015: friends & habits
I went to Liverpool to celebrate something important with a couple of close friends. Do you know, those kind of friends who really know you and you really know them; and you can talk and tell stories and they are always there to help you. That kind of friends. We have known each others for years, years …
Searching for Funds… for Research
I made a vow: that I would invest my next 7 months in scientifically researching a connection between Trust, Hope/Faith & Recovery from Addiction. I have given myself some deadlines: gathering of material and background study: from 18 Nov 2015 start of project Monday 11/01/2016 start of evaluation Monday 18/04/2016 start of write-up Tuesday 24/05/2016 completion …
Stoptober 2015: 1 Nov & my Chimp Brain
No panic! It’s the 22 Nov and I’m still a very happy non-smoker! As advised by the chemist and by the literature I’ve been reading, I’m still using only the patches (no gums, lozenges, or other), even if sometimes I forget to put them on (!) and I normally realize that in the middle of …
Stoptober 2015 : my journey
Every journey through addiction and then recovery is very personal and I do not believe that there’s one way-fits all therapy or theory that can help.
Creative Reflective Writing Course
Calling all benevolent lyrical logical outlaws, sing-my-song stringers, masters of curiosity, megalomaniac optimists, dissident holies inhabitants and glotto-libertarians for 8 Thursdays of sacred fun. At Juice Sustainable Recovery Group in Colne, from THU 16 July 7pm
Session number 4: reflections
amazing session: check this out!
Amazing people, so inspiring! Creating memory boxes during the FOLLOW YOUR heART sessions commissioned and for Juice SRG at INSPIRE Burnley. *reprinted and published with permission* Check also the video below: I got so much energy and good vibes from them, I had to share! BTW, the Jennifer I mention in the video is …
an afternoon at Juice, Colne
Sometimes we get cocky… a bit cocky… I often thought ‘I’m not in recovery’. Because it’s true: I’m a daughter of alcoholic parents and a trainee counsellor, which is different. Or isn’t? It is also true that I love working with people in recovery and if someone sees me with ‘them’, do I mind being …
The Resting Tree 