Tomorrow is 8 years sober. I pick up my chip at the 6AM AA meeting. To be honest, recovery has been messy as balls......... but worth every damn day.

Great time at the @Capitals game with my two favorite teenage boys! Moments like this are why I recover and stay sober… because if I were still drinking, I’d probably be arguing with the ref, hugging strangers, and buying $400 worth of stadium nachos Oh and @ovi8 had 902!!

"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm." ⁠ — Winston Churchill⁠ Recovery Art: 24/100

Proof that recovery give you your laugh back… even if it ruins the podcast. Enjoy these bloopers (more like a giggle reel) 😱👌

"Work hard now. Don't wait. If you work hard enough, you'll be given what you deserve." ⁠ — Shaquille O'Neal⁠ Recovery Art: 23/100

Eight years sober. That’s 2,920 days without turning minor inconveniences into major life explosions. Don't get me wrong, I still cry. I still spiral. I still have bad days. But I laugh a lot more. And I keep showing up. Thank you all for being my friend. You're the reason I

Here’s one of my favorite veterans, back when he was overseas working side-by-side with Iraqi and Kurdish teammates. Judging by the smiles (and the handshakes), I think they liked him. He jokes that he loved being stationed with people who were finally his height. Grateful for

“Success is not an accident, success is a choice.” — Stephen Curry⁠ Recovery Art: 22/100

I’m all for self deprecating humor in recovery! But behind the scenes? Always talk to yourself like you’re someone worth fight FOR, not against.

To my recovery friends: The best view comes after the hardest climb. Recovery Art: 21/100

30 second peer support

To my recovery friends: Sometimes our lives have to be completely shaken up, changed, and rearranged to relocate us to the place we are meant to be. Recovery Art: 20/100

30 second peer recovery support Also, good news, I didn’t get eaten by a bear 🐻

Someone recently asked me, "what is the meaning of life”? As if infinity could be summarized by a smelly creature that forgets where it left its phone. Forget not: “meaning” is a word humans made up so we could sleep at night. God and the universe move without needing our

I told myself I’d never buy one. Now I’m part of the solution… or the problem… depending on who you ask… what year it is… which state you’re in… which multiverse you accidentally teleported to… which timeline the TVA dropped you in… what podcast you listen to… whether

"Don't compare your beginning to someone else's middle." - Tim Hiller⁠ Recovery Art: 19/100

Sobriety didn’t make life easy. It just made me awake for the hard stuff. Recovery is confusing as balls, but at least now I’m conscious for the plot twists.

GAME 7!!! 10 innings later My blood pressure: 🚨 The scoreboard: 😳 someone call a paramedic WOOHOO! LET’S GO! 😆⚾

"You can learn new things at any time in your life if you're willing to be a beginner. If you actually learn to like being a beginner, the whole world opens up to you." ⁠ - Barbara Shur⁠ Recovery Art: 18/100