What actually happens in the first five minutes of a craving
A craving is not a decision you have to win. It is a wave with a shape, and the shape is shorter than it feels.
Resources
The things I wish somebody had written down
Not articles about recovery in general. These are the specific, practical things I worked out the hard way, or was handed by women who had already worked them out — written down properly, so you do not have to piece them together the way I did.
Why "just use willpower" fails, and what to do instead
Willpower is a budget, not a character trait, and cravings arrive on the day you have already spent it.
What to keep in your car, your desk, and your pocket
The replacement only works if it is already on you, so here is what lives where.
How I got sober without a rehab budget
What it actually cost me to stop drinking, itemised, after the money was already gone.
What I learned from the women I was incarcerated with
I spent thirteen months with women who were carrying more than I was, and they are the ones who taught me the thing that worked.
How to support someone quitting without pushing them away
Written for the person watching. What helps, what backfires, and why the two are easy to mix up.
If one of these is the reason today went differently, that is the whole point of it being here.
Save my spot