#sobriety

#sobriety

In recent years, Lennox says, she's also gotten sober and started dating with greater intention. Her third album, Vacancy, documents this sense of resolve. "There's a space, a void I would love for someone to fill," she said in a recent interview. "But the reality is people be in and out like a gosh darn hotel." It's the potency of that still-unrequited desire and her indefatigable drive to fulfill it that's at the emotional crux of the record.

On a crowded dancefloor, where illicit substances, pheromones, and hypnotic beats blur, it's hard to tell if it's the drugs or the person standing in front of you that's making you euphoric. "I'm going on clean," Harry Styles repeats in the first verse of "Aperture," the first single from Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally., after admitting that he falls quickly when under the influence.

"Cake Eater" chronicles Radke's journey through sobriety, grief and public scrutiny, as well as his search for joy "in a world that equates fun with alcohol." The memoir also offers an unfiltered look behind the scenes of reality television and how pursuing authenticity reshaped his life. "It was not easy to go back and dig in and talk about stuff that's painful and tragic and difficult," Radke told press earlier this month.

The funniest thing is, it's not enough,

There have been several false and reckless reports circulating about Mr. Combs. He has not violated any prison rules. His sobriety and self-discipline are priorities, and he is taking them seriously.

Plagued by later legal, health and personal problems, Strawberry was indicted for tax evasion and eventually pleaded guilty in 1995 to a single felony count. That was based on his failure to report $350,000 in income from autographs, personal appearances and sales of memorabilia. Strawberry agreed to pay more than $430,000 as part of the case. He was diagnosed with colon cancer and underwent surgery and chemotherapy in 1998.

I was one of millions of people who transitioned to remote work during the Covid-19 pandemic. I'm fortunate that I was able to do so, but that has meant that I'm constantly close to my liquor cabinet. Without a commute or a chunk of time spent in the office, alcohol has been within extremely easy reach. Sure, back in the good ol' days, I'd sometimes stop after work somewhere to have a few drinks.

"One day," I always say, "it'll be full and we'll use it to pay for a trip to Hawaii." I've always wanted to visit the Aloha State. Its stunning beaches looked like the perfect escape from everyday life. Through family deaths, job losses, health scares, and the stresses of raising small kids, Hawaii - and that glass jar - served as a promise of easier times ahead. I'm glad I waited until I was sober.

My two cents is that I try to look as inward as I'm looking outward. When I'm anxious or scared, I try to cut back on the caffeine and other stuff. Understand that going straightedge and sober is a weapon and shield in the fight for reality. It's an assertion of independence and responsibility for the health of the community.

In my previous post, I shared how, after a decade-long nightly drinking routine, I discovered that even one drink can ruin a good night's sleep. Today, as a sober therapist and sobriety guide, I work with many clients who hesitate to give up alcohol because they'll miss its " sleeping aid" effect. Knowing how vital sleep is to our physical and emotional well-being, I completely understand that fear.

Getting sober is the only reason anything good since I got sober has happened. Nothing good about being a drunk and an addict for all those years,

After he became a hot young movie star, he began relying on the services of escorts, provided to him by his friend, Hollywood madam Heidi Fleiss. There also were nights at the Playboy mansion and flings with men while high. During his very public flameout in 2011, he boasted about his tiger blood and two live-in girlfriends, who in turn told the New York Post about their big shared bed and triple-decker sex life.

Most of my adult life has revolved around music: clubs, bars, festivals, house parties anywhere I could dance to loud music. I loved how energising and cathartic it was to get immersed in it, to lose myself a little and move my body expressively without judgment. I'd get so absorbed that I would lose track of time; once, at Burning Man, I was awake for 36 hours exploring the festival, meeting new people and partying.

Much as " The Holdovers" carved out its place in the Christmas-movie canon two years ago by finding wistful humor and aching sadness within its tale of joyous, unexpected companionship, Jay Duplass and Michael Stassner's lovely and bittersweet "The Baltimorons" (out in limited release on Friday, then expanding nationwide next week) has appeared this year as a scrappily hand-wrapped gift from an old friend you're just happy-and relieved-to hear from.

Sometimes I think of my sobriety in terms of a relationship. My sober self and I have been going along now for over 10 years. We are besties. We trust each other. We vibe. But recently, after a long bout of illness, I wondered how loyal sobriety would stay through sickness. Through turbulence. Through the valleys of life. Research says that divorces happen most commonly around the eighth year of marriage.

Alcohol addiction is often less about the substance itself, and more about what it helps a person avoid, revealing deep-seated discomfort and emotional struggles.