#recoveryisbeautiful

[chubbymuffinclub]

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[mindlanguagebrand]

Here's a few reminders💙💜 #mindlanguage #mentalwellness #mentalhealthawareness #mentalhealthmatters #mentalhealthadvocate #mentalhealthjourney #selfcareroutine #selfcarematters #selfcaretips #selfcarethreads #selfcompassion #selflove #mindfulnesspractice #mindfulmoments #mindfulliving #mindfulthinking #recoveryisbeautiful #recoverywarrior #recoveryadvocate #recoverycommunity #unconditionallove #selfacceptance #selfappreciation #selfdiscovery #selfawareness #mentalhealthcommunity https://www.instagram.com/p/Cn-inEWv7Va/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[emmaenvy-92]

Recovery is Beautiful! #revoery #recoveryisbeautiful #recoveryispossible #recoveryisbeautiful💖 #recoveryisbeautiful❤️ https://www.instagram.com/p/ClgoKRXrseg/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[deelitefulrecovery]

Narcotics Anonymous Service Symbol handmade NA butterfly earrings, recovery gift, Serenity prayer, 12 step jewelry, just for today

#RecoveryIsBeautiful, #NARecovery, #HandmadeWithLove, #RecoveryWarrior, #SoberLife, #RecoveryRocks, #NACommunity, #RecoveryJourney, #RecoveryStrong, #RecoverySupport, #RecoveryJewelry, #RecoverySymbols, #RecoveryGifts, #RecoveryInspiration, #RecoveryMilestones, #RecoveryTransformation, #RecoveryHope, #RecoveryStrength, #RecoveryLove, #RecoveryLife, #RecoveryGoals, #RecoveryArt, #RecoveryDesign, #RecoveryHandmade, and #recoverycrafts

[rfarrokh]

Support can make or break someone❣️ So much gratitude for the supportive people in your life 😍😘❤️💖 #supportivefriends #supportive #supportivepartner #supportisaverb #supportisaverb #supportiseverything #companionship #feelingsupported #rachaelsroadtorecovery #recoveryroad #recoveryispossible #recoveryjourney #recoveryisreal #recoveryisbeautiful #recovering #recoveringperfectionist #recoveringaddict #recoveringpeoplepleaser #recoveringanorexic #edrecovering #edrecovery #edrecoveryjourney #edrecoverywarrior #edrecover #supportrecovery #recoverysupport #mentalhealthmatters #mentalhealthadvocates #mentalhealthadvocate #mentalhealthsupport #disabilityadvocate https://www.instagram.com/p/CQu8tuFJVC6/?utm_medium=tumblr

[buckeyebeaute]

Omgoodness!! This is so good!! And so incredibly accurate and inspiring!!!! . . #lupus #lupuswarrior #lupussucks #pain #painsucks #thisismylife #mentalhealthmatters #mentalhealthrecovery #addiction #addictionrecovery #recovery #recoveryispossible #recoveryisreal #recoveryisbeautiful #notallscarsarevisible #mentalhealth #mentalhealthawareness #addictionrecoveryawareness #bentnotbroken #mypastdoesnotdefineme #happinessispossible #depressionisreal #depressionisnotachoice #yourpainmatters #yourfeelingsmatter #youmatter #youdeservetobehappy #thereishelp #peopledocare #icare (at Columbus, Ohio) https://www.instagram.com/p/CQP0r-vJ-Ky/?utm_medium=tumblr

[transgendergoblinfromspace]

89 days. Tomorrow makes 3 months. I can’t believe it sometimes but I also can’t imagine ever going back to using. My life has done a 180 and is improving with every day that passes. I have an amazing partner in Shaun Nick Irvin, amazing friends and family, and an NA fellowship that loves, supports and cares for me! The accountability I’m able to hold for myself is insane. Just for today, I never have to use again💚 #addictionrecovery #recoveringaddict #sober #soberlife #soberliving #soberaf #soberdogmom #soberisthenewblack #soberisbetter #sobriety #sobrietyrocks #sobrietyjourney #sobrietyforwomen #sobrietyjourney #recovery #recoveryispossible #recoveryjourney #recoveryisreal #recoveryisbadass #recoveryisbeautiful #justfortoday #89dayssober #selfcare #selflove #selfworth #happy #happiness https://www.instagram.com/p/CLuJ13fC6Kk/?igshid=aglof16vdfdl

[helpeveryaddictlive-blog]

Try to be a rainbow in someone’s cloud

[monriatitans]

Tue, January 5, 2021 "Seeing an ex-drug dealer working a legit job... Seeing an ex-addict reconnect with the children they abandoned... Seeing people change their lives and hold their heads up high. That's powerful! Recovery is beautiful. - Unknown Author ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ #recovery #recoveryispossible #recoveryisbeautiful #dontgiveup #learnsomethingneweveryday #monriatitans https://www.instagram.com/p/CJqBwAqjQuw/?igshid=1ug9nfzl0zf9h

[5xworldchampionbodypainter]

I am one of the fortunate ones. Today marks the passing of a decade since my first day in recovery. The painfully confining edges of the life I led previously burn brightly in my recollection, but I no longer carry an outsized burden of regret and recrimination. I owe this to choosing the opportunity to remake my life and my path, freed of the substance addiction that plagued me. At my lowest, I was plunged into despair, bewilderment and hopelessness. I was unaware of the greatness of the gift inherent in that moment, that my brokenness was exactly the entry point needed for the light of hope to stream in. Through this grace, I found the willingness to work a program of recovery that saved my life. I initially wanted only to salvage some semblance of my prior existence, minus the consequences of my alcoholism. The road that rose up to greet me along this journey was a product of divine timing. Awaiting me was a life of freedom beyond my wildest imaginings! It didn’t come without the hard work of facing fears honestly, or without seeking courage, authenticity, and humility. What did come was a new certainly that I can bring a positive, peaceful, serene attitude to any situation and share the brilliant light of hope with others. Today (and each new day) is my opportunity to be a gift in someone else’s life. Today is a day to appreciate fully the gift that so many of you have been in my own. Today is a day like any other ordinary day I have had in this past 10 years, and that is truly a cause for celebration! Rumi says, “Don’t you know yet? It is your light that lights the worlds.” - Just for today, I believe I do. ❤️ #recovery #tecoveryispossible #recoveryisbeautiful #recoveryjourney #recoverywarrior #faceeverythingandrecover (at Livingbrush Bodypaint, USA) https://www.instagram.com/p/CHSyqfvpOaV/?igshid=rwysxysfjr5q

[jadedbeautiful]

The difference sobriety can make!!!!! Its astounding! I was quite literally dying from the inside out. I'm now in love with life and everything it brings. I have an amazing support system as well as the best addictions Dr around, he sees addiction for what it is. I can say without any doubts that my worst day sober is better than my best day using. My journey has been through many ups & downs, but its so beautiful and complex. I wanted to show the REAL difference. My WORST picture during active intravenous heroin & meth use & a picture I just took yesterday. The difference to me is so motivational. So remember, if you are out there struggling & feel like there's never going to be an end to the madness, there is a way out. Its extraordinary on this side. All it takes is the glimpse of hope to want to stop. If I can do then you can too! My inbox is ALWAYS open and keep hope!!!! #AddictionRecovery #HeroinRecovery #WeDoRecover #RecoverOutLoud #recoveryispossible #methrecovery #addiction #recoveryisbeautiful #recoveryrocks #recoverytransformation #addiction #addictionawareness #nomoreheroin https://www.instagram.com/p/B44OT9GpfnT/?igshid=1ejt4pbjm9v0q

[imperfectlyxo]

I won a giveaway on @recoveryisbeautiful's Instagram! It came today and it made me so happy! She wrote me an incredibly sweet letter and made me this quote too! ☺️ thank you so much Nicole!

[tiffany85lea]

#keepfightingthegoodfight #ButGod #sobernation #recoveryisbeautiful https://www.instagram.com/p/By1f-4InrDb/?igshid=1affdv2kyjp7t

[rfarrokh]

Surprising effects of mental illness that I can relate with❣️💪🏼💞❤️😘💖 #mentalillness #mentalhealth #mentalhealthmatters #sideeffects #sideeffect #itsaprocess #recovering #recoveringpeoplepleaser #recoveringalcoholic #recoveringaddict #recoveringperfectionist #recoveringanorexic #rachaelsroadtorecovery #recoveryispossible #recoveryisreal #recoveryinspiration #recoveryisbeautiful #recoveryhouse #innerchildwork #mentaldisorders #mentallydrained #mentallyexhausted #mentallydrained #mentallystrong #neuroscience #neurodiverse #neurodivergent #neurodiversity #traumatic #traumahealing #traumacope https://www.instagram.com/p/CQc-KxApYgb/?utm_medium=tumblr

[omfglolnokthnx]

STORY TIME!

- okay, so, I will start this story with some background.

When I was 20 years old (side note: I just turned 28 on Sunday, July 16th.), I broke up with my then boyfriend/father of my two sons because I felt “unhappy.” At that time, I started doing a lot of partying; drinking heavily & smoking weed, for the most part. After a few months of this, I drifted further to a really bad crowd & started doing hard drugs (cocaine, crack, heroin). This went on for a couple of years before I got sober. By this time, I was going on 22, & my sons father & I decided we were going to try to work out our differences. I hadn’t been to ANY doctor since I had my second son, almost 4 years prior to this. He convinced me to see a doctor just to get a checkup to make sure I had no underlying issues that I was unaware of due to my drug use, so I did. About a week later, I got the dreaded phone call for test results… the voice on the other line asked if I was sitting, &, advised, if I wasn’t, then I needed to do so. I was absolutely petrified, nothing could have prepared me enough for what she was about to tell me…

“I’m very sorry, but your test results show positive for Hepatitis C.”

I instantly went numb, I was speechless. For the first time in my life, I felt true helplessness & fear. After receiving this news, I went into depression & complete denial. I started drinking, a lot. From this point on, until three years ago, I went back & forth between heavy drug use & drinking. I wanted to die, but I was too coward to out right kill myself & abandon the ones who needed me most, nor could I leave my children to believe that it was somehow their fault. So I did every thing I could to help myself along by attempting to drink myself to death, which was working. I kept it up, & my health has been at a steady decline every since.

FAST FORWARD TO 2014: July 13TH of that year, I decided I had, had enough. I went to a friend’s house & put myself through detox without any assistance. The two weeks that followed, were the most excruciating two weeks of my life, & it took me more than a month to recover to the point that I was no longer sick in bed. After that, I moved back “home.” In September of that same year, I met a man that I completely fell in love with, but our relationship would prove to be nothing less than toxic, but we stayed together, regardless of any thing. I ended up pregnant & gave birth to a beautiful baby girl that him & I had always dreamed of having, especially together. She was born December 28th of 2015.

Now, let’s fast forward some more to March 7th of 2017. That night was the worst night of my life. A real LIVING nightmare that I couldn’t wake myself up from. The father of my daughter, the man I love & planned on spending the rest of my life with, was found dead in his apartment due to heart failure & had been there for two days (his actual date of death is March 5th of 2017). I felt my entire world shatter then & there, & I was lost to the world around me. I instantly began rage drinking, every day all day long. From the time I woke up, until I went to bed. Just a short month later, on April 7th of 2017, as I am standing next to my mother on her death bed, as I am holding her hand & kissing her forehead & telling her how much I love her, I watch as she takes her last breath & passes away from pancreatic cancer. At this point, I felt at a complete loss because the two people I needed the most, were gone, & I was left alone. Kick start the straight alcoholism. Now, when I started drinking after Brandan passed away, I began developing hives, &, sometimes, my eyes & lips would swell. I attributed this to my crippling anxiety, as it has been at its peak every since my love passed on. It went on for months, but, about a month ago, I got curious. “Is this anxiety symptoms, or is it something to do with my excessive drinking causing damage to my liver, which has developed cancer?” (Mind you, I had found out from a biopsy of my liver, which was done when I found out initially that I have Hepatitis C, that I was already in stage one of liver cancer.) So, anyway, I did some research & found that severe hives & facial swelling CAN be caused by liver failure in patients that suffer from Hepatitis C & liver cancer. Today, I finally mustered up the courage to take steps to find out what the situation is & what can be done.

So, why am I telling you all this? Because I want everyone to know the reality of their decisions & the consequences in which you may face for them. Glorified drug use is at a high (no pun intended). I am here to tell you, there is NOTHING glamorous about what is happening to me. I am literally dying from a disease & cancer that I gave myself. I’m not even sure, at this point, if I have much time left. The ones that are really suffering from my piss poor decisions, are my three beautiful children, & the others that love & care about me, regardless of any past decisions I have made. So, PLEASE, for the sake of the ones you love the most & those whom love you, do NOT act as if your poor decisions to use drugs heavily is only hurting you. It hurts EVERYONE around you. I promise, there is NOTHING glamorous about the pain my children will have to live with the rest of their lives because of the piss poor, unexcusable decisions I have made, nor the physical pain I suffer with every day & the all-too-soon death that will follow. So hug your loved ones, especially if you have babies, & tell them you love them & that you are sorry.

PLEASE! I BEG YOU! REACH OUT FOR HELP! IF YOU ARE SCARED, I WILL HOLD YOUR HAND! IF YOU NEED A FRIEND, JUST TO TALK TO, I AM HERE! I STAY IN CONTACT WITH MANY PEOPLE THAT CAN HELP GIVE YOU RESOURCES! ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS REACH OUT!

[starstruckweaselpiecookie]

Keep going ....... no matter how bad things are right now, no matter how stuck you feel, it’s okay to cry, feel sad ... the way we feel right now won’t last forever. 🤍 #justfortoday #another24 #loveher #love #recoveryisbeautiful #victorsNOTvictims 🤍🤍 https://www.instagram.com/p/CMgauOFjeM3pJELJt8GjZJUlWiCm0ASKGRFnrI0/?igshid=1m97hu7dqsmbx