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Yesterday marked four years of being clean and sober for me. If I’m honest, I didn’t even remember. It’s only that I saw it on my calendar. I’ve gone four years abstinent before so that’s probably why I wasn’t too phased about the occasion. I’ll probably feel more excited next year knowing that it’s a brand new milestone. Four years clean isn’t actually a very long time in the world of addiction recovery. However, my healing journey really started a good twenty-five years

I’ve spent most of my life, unconsciously, trying to prove that I’m worthy through “making” it; both financially and societally. For as long as I can remember I’ve had this inner drive to hustle and bustle – always looking for the next big thing that's going to somehow make me happy. I thought this drive and feeling of being unsatisfied was because I was a person who wanted a life of purpose, a purpose that involved helping people. In what way, I could never seem to really

It’s very easy to judge and condemn someone for bad behaviour with indignant contempt. But the truth is, most people aren’t born bad; they usually have a back story filled with all sorts of horrific, unresolved trauma from childhood. When we look at the root causes of violence, addiction, or destructive behaviour in adults, childhood trauma is almost always at the core. I’ve been reading this non-fiction book called “The Ice Man” . It’s the story of a man who became a contra