Author of My Journey Out of the Bottle
Four rehabs. Real recovery. No shame. Helping people find a way out of alcohol — honestly. You’re not broken. Four rehabs.
https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B0FSTCNF1Z If you’ve been to rehab, promised yourself “never again,” and still found yourself drinking — you’re not weak. And you’re not alone. I know because I lived it. Multiple relapses. Years of shame, denial, and starting over. I didn’t get sober because I finally found the “right program.”
I got sober when I got brutally honest about why I was drinking — and stop
My first real craving after rehab terrified me!!!!!
MY JOURNEY OUT OF THE BOTTLE: FOUR REHABS AND A RECOVERY ✨️
Some think rehab is the hard part.
For me, the hard part started when I got home.
MY JOURNEY OUT OF THE BOTTLE: FOUR REHABS AND A RECOVERY ✨️
Sometimes one sentence doesn't change your life.
But it changes the way you think.
And that changes everything.
MY JOURNEY OUT OF THE BOTTLE: FOUR REHABS AND A RECOVERY ✨️
The moment I realised I wasn't the only one...
was the moment I started believing recovery might actually be possible.
MY JOURNEY OUT OF THE BOTTLE: FOUR REHABS AND A RECOVERY ✨️
The day I realised I wasn't the only one thinking these thoughts...
was the day I stopped feeling so alone.
MY JOURNEY OUT OF THE BOTTLE: FOUR REHABS AND A RECOVERY ✨️
One disrupted day used to become a disrupted week.
Now?
I just adjust and keep moving.
MY JOURNEY OUT OF THE BOTTLE: FOUR REHABS AND A RECOVERY ✨️
Stopping drinking left a hole in my evenings.
Routine filled it.
So I created a new routine that I still do today and I'm coming up to 4 years sober, it does work!!
MY JOURNEY OUT OF THE BOTTLE: FOUR REHABS AND A RECOVERY ✨️
But having to work through those emotions…
and actually deal with them…
instead of drinking over them…
changed everything.
Because now I feel things.
And I survive them.
NY JOURNEY OUT OF THE BOTTLE: FOUR REHABS AND A RECOVERY ✨️
People talk about cravings and withdrawals.
But nobody talks enough about the weird little changes.
What surprised me most?
How much mental space I got back.
The first sober social event feels huge.
But sometimes everyone else is nervous too.
Turns out…
we were all overthinking it.
My Journey out of the Bottle: Four Rehabs and a Recovery ✨️