The Ghost Hangover

JournalShawn Van DaeleFebruary 16, 2017AA, 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

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 DaeleFebruary 16, 2017AA, 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

Dreams, Journal, Photo AlbumShawn Van DaeleFebruary 09, 2017addiction, alcohol, alcoholic, alcoholism, broken, depression, dream, dream interpretation, dreams, fire, healing, loss, mental health, recovery, sobriety, surreal, surreal self portrait, toxic10 Comments

The Dream Box: I Spent The Night In Hell. Again.

Dreams, Journal, Photo AlbumShawn Van DaeleFebruary 09, 2017addiction, alcohol, alcoholic, alcoholism, broken, depression, dream, dream interpretation, dreams, fire, healing, loss, mental health, recovery, sobriety, surreal, surreal self portrait, toxic10 Comments

Journal, PlaylistShawn Van DaeleFebruary 07, 2017addiction, alcohol, alcoholic, alcoholism, broken, canada, depression, detox, disappointment, healing, loss, lyrics, matthew houck, mental health, music, phosphorescent, recovery, self help, song for zula, toxic, videoComment

Song For Zula (Video)

See the cage, it called. I said, come on inI will not open myself up this way again Nor lay my face to the soil, nor my teeth to the sand I will not lay like this for days now upon end...

Journal, PlaylistShawn Van DaeleFebruary 07, 2017addiction, alcohol, alcoholic, alcoholism, broken, canada, depression, detox, disappointment, healing, loss, lyrics, matthew houck, mental health, music, phosphorescent, recovery, self help, song for zula, toxic, videoComment

Journal, PlaylistShawn Van DaeleFebruary 06, 2017alcohol, alcoholic, andrew mcmahon, broken, canada, connection, depression, detox, disappointment, hope, lindsey stirling, loss, lyrics, mental health, music, naltrexone, recovery, self help, sinclair method, sobriety, something wild, videoComment

Something Wild

If you're lost out where the lights are blinding, Caught and all the stars are hiding, That's when something wild calls you home

Journal, PlaylistShawn Van DaeleFebruary 06, 2017alcohol, alcoholic, andrew mcmahon, broken, canada, connection, depression, detox, disappointment, hope, lindsey stirling, loss, lyrics, mental health, music, naltrexone, recovery, self help, sinclair method, sobriety, something wild, videoComment

JournalShawn Van DaeleFebruary 06, 2017addiction, alcohol, alcoholic, alcoholism, broken, canada, depression, detox, disappointment, dream interpretation, Dreams, healing, hope, loss, mental health, naltrexone, recovery, self help, sinclair method, sobriety, thumb dream1 Comment

The Dream Box: On Loss & Losing Grip

In 2012, I had found 'my calling'. I was helping people everywhere, using my god-given-talent and a lot of creativity. I was a philanthropist and I was changing lives around the world, making dreams come true. I was being featured on The Today Show. World News with Diane Sawyer. Here I am today, an alcoholic having dreams of losing my thumbs.