by cici reagan | Mar 17, 2019 | addiction and recovery
AiR Artists in Recovery [AiR for short] curate events featuring the work of artists in recovery from addiction and helps those artists to promote and sell their work. I am thrilled to announce that I am a part of this beautiful group of like-minded people and have the...
by cici reagan | Jan 13, 2019 | addiction and recovery, lifestyle and wellbeing
The other day my husband and I went for a date in town to celebrate my third sobriety anniversary. We went shopping and got lunch at the Taco Bell that just opened in town. It was truly a wonderful day that we spent laughing together and enjoying each others’...
by cici reagan | Nov 6, 2018 | addiction and recovery
My depression has a soundtrack. It sounds like a racing heart, So fast that nurses hook me to machines Just in case. Just to check. It sounds like Music blaring in my ears while I walk through town, The Cranberries and Amy Winehouse and The Dresden Dolls Serenade me...
by cici reagan | Oct 16, 2018 | addiction and recovery, lifestyle and wellbeing
Recently, I went back to the states for a three week tour of my old stomping grounds. I had some amends to make, a hurricane to work around, and a lot of emotions to feel. North Carolina I flew into Raleigh, North Carolina. I’d had an early start-...
by cici reagan | Aug 14, 2018 | addiction and recovery, lifestyle and wellbeing
Lately, I haven’t been feeling my best. Between mental health issues and Endometriosis flare ups I sometimes forget who I am. This has been one of those times. I have this cyclical hunger thing. I’ll be absolutely ravenous one week and then hardly eat at...
by cici reagan | Jul 10, 2018 | addiction and recovery
My sober date is January 1st, 2016, but I’ve been in and out of recovery for much longer than that. My father was in a 12 Step Program when I was a kid, and that was my first foray into the world of recovery. It did not go well. He was going to meetings and...