After a long blogging hiatus, I am excited to be tapping away on thoughts that are closer to my heart. I started the Sober Identity blog in 2012. I was eager to share my journey with 12-step recovery, energy medicine, and Recovery as it converges with A Course In Miracles. I am equally as eager to share the opportunities that opened through my commitment to continue a path of recovery.

This journey started as a simple attempt to stop drinking for one year. The journey has continued for the past thirteen years and I can honestly say I have looked back, but I’ve never wanted to go back to the girl I used to be.

Was it easy? No.

As most of us learn … the greatest joys are often brought about by the fiercest struggles. I liken it to watching the Olympics. We admire the medal winners but rarely do we appreciate the willingness to be training at 5:00 AM. We want the glory without the work.

I had never realized, as clearly as I now do, the importance of that one moment that changes the trajectory of your life forever. There were so many moments that I let slip by because I failed to recognize the answer was already within reach. I just had to learn how to reach.

Recovery has taught me to reach for greatness in the little things.

Recovery started as “getting sober” but as I pursued bigger dreams, more knowledge, and deeper understandings, the idea of drinking became a distant part of my past. It has remained a distant memory, in every way.

There is much to learn about the body, the transfer of energy in the body, intentions, and even simple goals. The convergence of science and philosophy has brought me to a place of utter humility. Not humility as a place of weakness, but humility as a measure of strength.

I am not the confused girl who stopped drinking in March 2004. I am different in every way.

So, I’m excited to be back writing and will continue reading. I am grateful for this community and I have missed being here.

There is still plenty to learn.

Yes, I am officially a sober blogger—again.