Tag: Anxiety

Death in Recovery Part 3: Other’s Depression

Tree Sebastopol CA, ColiesCreations.com

The Two Selves: My Work This post is dedicated to helping me work through an understanding I have been studying. I have a long and arduous relationship to other people’s depression and if I don’t go towards it to understand it then there will… Continue Reading “Death in Recovery Part 3: Other’s Depression”

One Decade Clean and Sober & Inventory on Bulimia

Joseph Stewart Campground @ Prospect, Oregon, honeymoon stop 10/2016. ColiesCreations.com

Ten years ago, my life was very shallow and very out of control. On this day a decade ago I was on an airporter bus on my way to Tucson, Arizona, with my small bag of luggage, a huge bundle of letters and mementos… Continue Reading “One Decade Clean and Sober & Inventory on Bulimia”

Making Amends

Niagara Falls, Canada & New York on my Honeymoon, 10/2016. Photo taken from the water. ColiesCreations.com

This blog has become a tool for me to take a hard look back at what I have done in my addiction and who I am becoming post addiction. It is like journaling but it’s bigger than that. I get to go into these… Continue Reading “Making Amends”

Codependent Relationships and Addiction

Howarth Park & Spring Lake in Santa Rosa, CA. A morning in Winter. ColiesCreations.com

What follows is the very beginnings of my addiction and how I co-created some of my codependent relationships. You may be on this blog looking for support with a loved one and wondering why seemingly normal people act out in obsessive and manipulative behaviors… Continue Reading “Codependent Relationships and Addiction”

Welcome! Let me introduce myself…

Me on Coleman Vally Rd. Overlooking the Sonoma Coastline. ColiesCreations.com

My name is Nicole and I have been in recovery from addiction to narcotics since March 30th of 2009. In about a month, on 3/30/19, I will be celebrating 10 years clean and sober time. The impending celebration is one of the reasons I… Continue Reading “Welcome! Let me introduce myself…”