The Recovery Elevator Blog
Sharing Shame, YIKES!
Today’s blog entry is from Dustin Wade, who has been a member of Café RE since March 2021. Dustin has been alcohol free since January 30, 2020. He is very active within his Café RE UP group and on our community chats. Towards the end my drinking progressed to the...
Alcohol, the real reason I lost my nursing license.
Today’s blog entry is from Paulette Vantrease, who has been a member of Café RE since July 2023. Paulette has been alcohol free since March 22, 2023 and is active within her Café RE OG community. "I blamed covid for leaving nursing, but alcohol addiction forced me...
The Importance of Validation and Self-Compassion in Recovery
Today’s blog entry is from Amanda McLean, who has been a member of Café RE since November 2019. Amanda has been alcohol free since March 26, 2019 and is very active within her Café RE GO community. “Another day one, I’m such a loser.” “I’ve ruined everything.”...
Living on Sobriety
Recovery Elevator is excited to offer a new type of blog experience to our readers! We are reaching out to our Café RE members and giving those that are interested the opportunity to be guest bloggers for our site. Think of it as a podcast interview in written...
What Recovery Pathway is Right for Me?
In our Dry January course, REstore, Paul teaches a class covering the different recovery modalities. The good news is that In 2023, there are more ways to ditch the booze than ever before. Even just 10 years ago recovery took place in church basements with bad...
Benefits of Service in Recovery
Recovery Elevator is excited to offer a new type of blog experience to our readers! We are reaching out to our Café RE members and giving those that are interested the opportunity to be guest bloggers for our site. Think of it as a podcast interview in written...
Do I have a Drinking Problem?
Today is the day! Today is the day we are going to find out if you have a drinking problem…or not. Are you ready? For Paul, when it finally sunk in that he did indeed have a drinking problem (and a good one at that!) two things happened. First…he was like, “Oh...
BYO Mocktail: Full Circle Mocktails
I hope I’m not disappointing my 4 readers (hi Roxanne, Robyn, Kerri and Trisha!) No mocktail recipe this month. But I will throw in my favorite homemade ice cream recipe as of late for a little change up. Lately my mocktails have been top secret as I’ve been writing...
Dopamine
Let’s talk about dopamine! If we are to properly discuss alcohol addiction we will soon come to the molecule dopamine. Dopamine is a neurotransmitter commonly coined as the pleasure molecule, but that’s not entirely correct. Dopamine is more accurately...
BYO Mocktail: Kiss from a Rose
This past year I have been working for a large international women’s retail clothing store. I have the first hand knowledge of how fashion is coming back around… the good and the bad. The return lately has been to the fashion of the early 90s, grunge but with a little...
