January: A good friend traveled down to stay at my apartment in Austin. We had a guys trip planned to Scottsdale. He was driving cross country. I decided to tag along with him and cancel my flight. We stopped at a small western town in Texas (Marfa), went to White Sands National Park in new…

I have no idea what I am doing. I am a 26 year old sober person. At this moment I have no career. I know I am meant to be doing something good with my life. I do not know what I am passionate about. I do not have a dream job. I have minimal…

Every once in a while I stumble across people discussing their story with alcohol. It could be just baked into my social media algorithms at this point. Regardless, I figured I would share. Here is a blog post and video from Mark Manson the author of many books but the most notable one is “The…

It gets easier. Always a good reminder for those early on their sobriety journey. It truly gets easier. Never “easy”. So much time and energy was spent drinking or being affected by my drinking in my past life. Remembering my life hungover is still enough motivation to stay sober in itself. That shit sucked. It…

When you feel like you are doing the right things and life has got you down, keep pushing. I fully believe that in those times, when you stay true to who you are and what you believe you grow the most. Getting sober has taught me so many things about life already and I am…

I have been having a hard time mentally lately. Just generally not doing well between my ears. I am very proud of how disciplined I have been through these tough times. I have tried incredibly hard to tell myself that when life gets uncomfortable it is likely because you are going through changes and you…

Took some notes while I was on around day 4 off my Zoloft (an SSRI for anxiety/depression). Lots of irritability, brain fog, anger. These weird jolts or “brain zaps”  it’s like those moments when you feel yourself about to fall into a deep sleep but you jolt up. That has been happening often.  It is…

I am in the process of tapering off my meds. I am no doctor but I have some thoughts on ssri’s, anti anxiety/depression meds. First off, I think my meds greatly helped me level out at a certain point in time. They allowed me to stop thinking about how shitty I was feeling mentally. They…

Admittedly I wrote this earlier this month for myself but figured I would share as I try and post at least once a month on here. I have a hard time sitting still Sitting still does not slow me down. Sometimes I am wondering if I am always going to be chasing something. A better…

I get this one probably the most often. Especially people close to my age (25). The short answer is yes, sometimes. I go out way way less than I used to which is probably obvious as I dont drink. If I am not with a close group of friends, I have a hard time getting…