The losses that don’t come with funerals. Soberminds writing on the grief nobody acknowledges — people, versions of yourself, and the life you thought you’d have.
FATHERHOOD — SOBERMINDS FIELD NOTES Some men will spend today waiting for a call that does not come. Some will be in a cell. Some will be in a bottle. Some will be three years clean, sitting across from a teenager who looks at them like a stranger — because to that kid, they still […]
Father’s Day Doesn’t Come With a Reset Button. Read Post »
The losses that don’t get acknowledged don’t go away because nobody acknowledged them. For the grief that never got a funeral — and the ones we still carry.
Nobody Brought Flowers Read Post »
GRIEF — SOBERMINDS FIELD NOTES Self-forgiveness is the part of recovery nobody tells you is going to be the hardest. Not the cravings. Not the physical withdrawal. Not even the rebuilding. The hardest part is learning to stop punishing yourself for what you did when you were a different person living a different life. And
