Posted on October 17, 2019
by Nicole V
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Carolyn I made the decision to go back to school when my son was 4 months old. When I completed high school 16 years ago I went to the same school I am in now to try and do something with my life. My… Continue Reading “The End of Childhood”
Category: anger, Bulimia, Coming of Age, Drugs/Narcotics, entitlement, opiates, Prescription pills, SobrietyTags: 49ers, Addiction, Afterlife, Alcoholism, Anxiety, Binge Disorder, Bulimia, Bulimic, car accident, childhood, compassion, Control, darkness, Death, Depression, drug, drug addict, drug addiction, drugs, drunk driver, Eating Disorder, ed, ed recovery, end, ending, family, feeling, feelings, football, granddaughter, growing up, help, hospital, life changing moment, Marijuana, pain, Patterns, Personal Journey, Pot, rams, recover, Recovery, red flags, Relationships, sadness, Self Care, Self Harm, Self Love, Trauma, triggered
Posted on April 29, 2019
by Nicole V
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Over Easter weekend I photographed my family and our kids spending time together. My grandmother treated us all to a 4 night stay in Bodega Bay, California. We rented a beach house next to a golf course and every person who attended brought a… Continue Reading “Celebrating Family: A photoshoot”
Category: adobe, Bulimia, Coming of Age, Forgiveness, opiates, photoshop, SobrietyTags: 10 years, addict, Addiction, Afterlife, alcohol, Alcoholism, bay, beach, beach house, Bodega Bay, Bulimia, canon, canon rebel, clean and sober, coast, coastal, Control, Death, drug, drug addict, drug addiction, drugs, easter, Eating Disorder, editing, Evolution, family, Food disorder, Friendship, love, memories, Motherhood, ocean, Personal Journey, Photo Restoration, Photography, Recovery, Relationships, Self Care, Self Love, sobriety, Sonoma Coastline, Sonoma County, we do recover
Posted on April 14, 2019
by Nicole V
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A few months ago a friend I love died. Then two months later my buddy put his dog down. And two days after that another friend died suddenly. All three of these deaths were impactful and I felt the need to process here on… Continue Reading “Death In Recovery: Three Deaths & Three Lessons, Part 1”
Category: Bulimia, Drugs/Narcotics, SobrietyTags: addict, Addiction, Afterlife, Binge Disorder, birth, Bulimia, Bulimic, clean and sober, Death, drug addict, drug addiction, Eating Disorder, Evolution, Friendship, love, Motherhood, natural disaster, odaat, Personal Journey, prison, Recovery, Relationships, Self Care, Self Love, soberaf, sobriety, we do recover, wildfire
Posted on March 16, 2019
by Nicole V
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The Illness From Hell Over this last week my son somehow contracted a fun little stomach bug resembling the Norovirus. Around 8pm, an hour after his bedtime, I heard his violently coughing and that unmistakable sound of his projectile vomiting all over himself and… Continue Reading “The Adventure: Who is in Control?”
Category: Bulimia, Coming of Age, cs5711, VictimTags: Acting Out, Addiction, Anxiety, Bulimia, Child, Control, Eating Disorder, Food disorder, Guilt, Patterns, Personal Journey, Recovery, Self Care, Self Harm, Self Love, Shame, The Victim
