At the risk of sounding totally cheesy I’m going to say that AA’s principles when applied to everything in life, not just sobriety, really do work.
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“There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.” – Shakespeare
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You’re not drinking? What are people going to think?! How are you going to respond if someone asks why you’re not drinking?
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The holidays are all about family and traditions and now that you’re living sober it’s the perfect time to create new and improved sober traditions.
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It’s an amazing thing to witness the recent shifts in social attitudes towards addiction. While there still remains a social stigma attached to being an alcoholic or an addict, there is also an increasing awareness regarding the positive effects of recovery and a greater understanding of addiction as a disease. All of this new awareness makes sober living a peaceful possibility.
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The million-dollar question for any newly sober person is how to achieve long-term sobriety. However, sobriety and recovery from addiction is a lifelong, one-day-at-a-time process.
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Although similar sounding, the term “Dry Drunk” should definitely not be confused with a “Dry Drink!” Dry Drunk Syndrome and the term dry drunk refers to a person with a chemical dependency issue, who gave up alcohol/drugs, but made no internal emotional or behavioral changes.
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Living healthy may be an American obsession (especially in Los Angeles) but for people in recovery, healthy sober living is actually a matter of life or death.
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During my time on MTV’s Laguna Beach, The Hills, and Celebrity Rap SuperStar, I was known for my hard partying ways, but in reality I was going through a public battle with addiction. Later landing me in Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew.
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In an interesting move today the US Department of Health and Human Services announced nearly $53 million in funding to back the Opioid Initiative. The Opioid Initiative, which was launched in 2015, was created to improve prescribing practices, expand medication-assisted treatment (MAT) and increase the use of Naloxone—a specific MAT drug that treats someone in the midst of an overdose.
Read MoreI have always been extremely vocal about my goals in the field of treatment and recovery. I have never waivered from the fact that I will do anything and everything I can to raise awareness about addiction as a disease. That I will go to any lengths to help those struggling to overcome their demons, all while holding tightly to my moral and ethical values. Sadly, I sit here today disheartened and ashamed of the way business is being conducted in my chosen field. Too many people are treating people with addictions like cattle, using them for the high insurance payouts, and then discarding them back into the world with little in the way of a long term plan, much less any true shot at maintaining their sobriety.
Read MoreThe majority of my experience on TV hasn’t always been great. Looking back all I remember is the negativity surrounding myself while I was active in my drinking and using. I’ve since made a promise to myself that if I was to ever return to TV, it would be to raise awareness and smash the stigma of my disease in the hopes of changing the negative perception society has on addiction. If you told me when I was drinking and drugging that I was going to return to TV to shed light on addiction in a positive way a few years later, I would’ve laughed. But, the truth is, that opportunity is here.
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