10/18/2025
Recovery is SO MUCH more than putting down the crutch; the substance (the drink, the pills, the food, the chronic busyness, etc.). In fact, for me, putting down the substance was the easiest part…. It’s recovering ourselves that requires daily and consistent work. It’s allowing ourselves to FEEL all that we’ve buried and masked. But first, we must feel safe enough to do so …. In our own bodies, in our environment, in our minds. Furthermore, so many humans are completely unaware of all that theyve burried.. they think, “oh im over that” or “that doesnt effect me anymore”. Yet their body is riddled with anxiety, inflamation, attention problems, physical and mental health struggles. This is how unprocessed pain manifests in the body.
Recovery is an unlearning. It’s finding ourselves at the age we began to run, mask, hide, and finding the safety within ourselves to truly process and feel everything that’s built up; the fear, the grief, the anger, the pain. This can feel like an impossible feat - especially if we are still trapped in the space where our pain is completely unconscious.
But our body is WISE, and is showing us all the spaces that still need healing. It’s up to us to listen.
If you’re here, and in an endless cycle of physical and mental unrest, I promise you there is a way out. And it may not look the same as my path to recovery did, and that’s OKAY. I’m here along side you. I see you. And you deserve to heal.