Author: Ciana

8.9.25 Wow! What an amazing group of speakers at the Gem State Round Up today. The panels featured members from local home groups in the Treasure Valley, and the guest speaker flew in all the way from Atlanta, GA. The theme for the event was “Awakenings,” and I needed those messages of spirituality and hope Read more

8.8.25 Tonight was my nine-month sobriety birthday, and I spent it exactly where I was meant to — at the alumni meeting. Total coincidence it fell on this night, but it felt right. I sat in that room and listened to a friend provide the perfect topic of similarities and differences between all of us. Read more

8.7.25 Tomorrow I hit nine months sober. Nine fucking months. Tonight is Friday eve, Friday Night Lights eve, and the eve of celebrating this milestone with my alumni friends. Tomorrow night we’ll have our meeting and then head to Sonic for our monthly shake night. Saturday I’ll be at the Gem State Round Up—AA and Read more

8.6.25 Since my last session with Lady J, I’ve been doing what she suggested — sitting with my feelings instead of running from them. It sounded so simple when she said it. But in practice, it has been anything but. After finishing my first set of Twelve Steps, I expected a sense of closure or Read more