Sober Curious Parents

I haven’t been making/finding time to post, but I’ve been practicing good mental and emotional hygiene. What does that mean? Managing fact-based news in small sips (not large gulps), staring out at the green past my screen, and checking in with my local community.

Not pictured: extra hugs with my children. ❤️🥰❤️

, @ South Tampa

Finding acceptance through meditation.

If you’re getting more anxious when you listen to updates from national leaders, try and make some sober humor...

Quarantine Update:

It has been a topsy turvy ride the last few weeks. Hope my sober community buddies are all doing well.

I have been invested in the practices that lead to my sobriety (parenting, running, musing...) and the practices that sustain my sobriety (recovery work, recovery relationships, nourish actions, parenting, running, musing...), and it ain’t easy!

It might be easy to think I’m doing okay, that it’s okay to let some practices slip, but what does that bring me? A lower quality of life all around. Instead, I am working to stay invested in these healthy practices, imperfectly. Perhaps a lesser intensity. Or frequency skips around more often. But I’m still here, laying it down day to day.

Hope you are, too. 💚💙💚💜💙💜❤️💜❤️❤️🧡❤️🧡💛🧡💛💚💛💚💙💚