JournalShawn Van Daelealcoholism, anxiety, courage, mental health, mental illness, motivation, quote, Quotes, recovery, sobriety, success16 Comments

Recovery is Badass

JournalShawn Van Daelealcoholism, anxiety, courage, mental health, mental illness, motivation, quote, Quotes, recovery, sobriety, success16 Comments
Recovery is Badass

"I think recovery from anythingis honestly the most badass thing a person can do"

#sobriety

A huge thank you to everyone out there sharing their stories of recovery from alcoholism, addiction, mental illness, dependency and more.

Your badass courage is inspiring, and contagious. xo

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A dude who thinks, bakes, writes, learns, and teaches. And I make a LOT of sourdough.
Shawn Van Daele / SJ Van Dee

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Connection

I struggle to connect with so many people and things. Alcohol is the one thing that is always ready, willing and waiting for me. Ready to numb all my connectors so I don't have to think and I don't have to care. And music. Music is always there to try and bring me back to life, or to help me lose myself even more...

JournalShawn Van DaeleAA, addiction, alcohol, alcohol addiction, alcohol awareness, alcoholaddiction, alcoholic, alcoholism, anxiety, awareness, balance, booze, broken, canada, connection, death, depression, detox, disappointment, drinking, drunk, emotions, family, forgiveness, grief, growth, habit, healing, help, hope, inspiration, intention, life, loss, mental health, mental illness, motivation, music, quote, Quotes, reality, recovery, regret, sadness, self help, sober, sobriety, soul, success, surreal, thoughts, toxic7 Comments
Connection
JournalShawn Van Daeleaddiction, alcohol, alcohol addiction, alcoholic, alcoholism, anxiety, hope, inspiration, life, mental health, mental illness, motivation, nevergiveup, quote, Quotes, recovery, sober, sobriety, success, survival, thoughts, warrior, worried5 Comments

Important To Remember, Easy To Forget

JournalShawn Van Daeleaddiction, alcohol, alcohol addiction, alcoholic, alcoholism, anxiety, hope, inspiration, life, mental health, mental illness, motivation, nevergiveup, quote, Quotes, recovery, sober, sobriety, success, survival, thoughts, warrior, worried5 Comments
Important To Remember, Easy To Forget
JournalShawn Van Daeleaddict, addiction, alcohol awareness, alcoholism, anxiety, art, avoidance, canada, cancer, CCRC, death, depression, drawing hope, family, heart, inspiration, isolation, life, memories, mental health, mental illness, motivation, photography, recovery, regret, Rehab, sober, sobriety, success, survival, thanks, the drawing hope project, thinking, warrior30 Comments

The Drawing Hope Project

JournalShawn Van Daeleaddict, addiction, alcohol awareness, alcoholism, anxiety, art, avoidance, canada, cancer, CCRC, death, depression, drawing hope, family, heart, inspiration, isolation, life, memories, mental health, mental illness, motivation, photography, recovery, regret, Rehab, sober, sobriety, success, survival, thanks, the drawing hope project, thinking, warrior30 Comments
The Drawing Hope Project
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The Good, The Bad, The Ugly (And a little Buddha, too)

Journal, RehabShawn Van Daele12 step, 12 Steps, abuse, alcohol, alcohol addiction, alcoholic, alcoholism, anger, anxiety, buddha, buddhism, canada, CCRC, communication, depression, drunk, faith, family, heart, inspiration, learning, life, love, meditation, memories, mental health, mental illness, motivation, phoenix, Quotes, recover, recovery, recovery clinic, regret, religion, sleep, sober, sobriety, spirituality, stress, survival, thoughts, trauma, wine15 Comments
The Good, The Bad, The Ugly (And a little Buddha, too)
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The Inevitability of Things Sucking (aka: No, There is Nothing Wrong With You)

JournalShawn Van Daele12 step, 12 Steps, 30 days sober, AA, AA 12 Steps, addict, addiction, addiction triggers, alcohol, alcohol abuse, alcohol addiction, alcohol awareness, alcohol experiment, alcoholic, alcoholics annonymous, alcoholism, buddhism, buddhism 12 steps, comments, communication, creative writing, experiment, focus, happy, health, inspiration, inspirational, inspirational quotes, learning, life, life sucks, mental health, mental illness, motivation, motivational, motivational quotes, recover, recovering, recovery, recovery clinic, refuge recovery, self being, self care, self destruction, self development, self help, self improvement, self love, self worth, SMART Recovery, sober, sobriety, social media, spirituality, suck, thanks, thoughts, wine, writing2 Comments
The Inevitability of Things Sucking (aka: No, There is Nothing Wrong With You)