Surrender in Recovery — Why Letting Go Isn't Giving Up
Surrender sounded like giving up — until it became the thing that finally let me stop losing.For years I thought surrender meant waving the white flag: defeat, quitting, rolling over. My ego hated it....
27 Aug 15min
The 12 Principles That Actually Keep You Sober
Working the steps gets you sober. Living the principles keeps you there. All 12 — and why they hold.My mentor asks me one question: "How are you living today, Anthony?" It's easy to be a star in the r...
25 Aug 26min
10 Things Alcoholics Do That Normal Drinkers Don't
Ten things I thought were normal until I got sober — supply math, pre-gaming, the morning panic. I'm not a doctor. I'm just a guy who did all ten of these, and didn't realize nobody else was living li...
22 Aug 19min
The Hidden Opportunities in Recovery (The Wins Nobody Claps For)
The wins nobody claps for are the ones that built your recovery. Here are the hidden ones.We throw parties for the first sober birthday and the first sober holiday. But nobody warns you about the firs...
20 Aug 24min
10 Weird Things My Alcoholic Brain Does in Recovery
Ten weird things my alcoholic brain still does in recovery — and why none of them run my life anymore.I've been in recovery since 2015. I relapsed around seven and a half years in, and I'm back — a ye...
18 Aug 20min
Everything I Knew About Getting Sober Was Wrong (10 Myths)
Ten recovery myths that keep people stuck — from someone sober again after a hard relapse. Almost everything I thought I knew about getting sober turned out to be wrong, and some of it nearly cost me ...
15 Aug 23min
Staying Sober While Travelling, the Strivers' Curse & "We Could Have Missed It All"
CHEF DEV IS BACK...A counsellor once asked Devan: what's wrong with the way you feel? This is that conversation. Chef Devan Rajkumar Today, he travels and cooks across different cities, constantly lea...
13 Aug 49min
The 5 Reactions to “I Don’t Drink” And How to Handle Them
What happens when you tell people you're sober — and how to handle every reaction.Getting sober is one job. Telling people you're sober is a completely separate one — and it never really ends. New par...
11 Aug 20min
