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bluidkiti · 04-05-2025, 07:25 AM

April 5

Recovering Out Loud

I don't know about you, but my recovery started when I spoke the truth aloud. Speaking it aloud to somebody else gave it flight, lifted it up and away. Recovering out loud might mean you tell just one person that you are in recovery from suicidal ideation, depression, anxiety, or substance use.

It doesn't mean you have to start an international movement. It doesn't mean that you reveal your recovery on social media or the front page of the local newspaper. It might just mean that when somebody around you is talking about a personal struggle or something a family member is going through, you turn to them and say, "I have some personal experience with that. Do you mind if I share?" When you do share in this way, you will be helping one another and also helping to eliminate stigma.

Here's the thing: our voices matter. As we grow prouder in our recovery, we grow louder in it too. The reason I recover out loud is to lead other women into recovery, to reach those suffering in silence. I want to help them so their words can take flight too.

Words matter. Especially when we speak them out loud.

Today's reading is from the book She Recovers Every Day: Meditations for Women*

04-05-2025, 07:25 AM	#5
bluidkiti Administrator Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 75,692	April 5 Recovering Out Loud I don't know about you, but my recovery started when I spoke the truth aloud. Speaking it aloud to somebody else gave it flight, lifted it up and away. Recovering out loud might mean you tell just one person that you are in recovery from suicidal ideation, depression, anxiety, or substance use. It doesn't mean you have to start an international movement. It doesn't mean that you reveal your recovery on social media or the front page of the local newspaper. It might just mean that when somebody around you is talking about a personal struggle or something a family member is going through, you turn to them and say, "I have some personal experience with that. Do you mind if I share?" When you do share in this way, you will be helping one another and also helping to eliminate stigma. Here's the thing: our voices matter. As we grow prouder in our recovery, we grow louder in it too. The reason I recover out loud is to lead other women into recovery, to reach those suffering in silence. I want to help them so their words can take flight too. Words matter. Especially when we speak them out loud. Today's reading is from the book She Recovers Every Day: Meditations for Women* __________________ "No matter what you have done up to this moment, you get 24 brand-new hours to spend every single day." --Brian Tracy AA gives us an opportunity to recreate ourselves, with God's help, one day at a time. --Rufus K. When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on. --Franklin D. Roosevelt We stay sober and clean together - one day at a time! God says that each of us is worth loving.