Tag: recovery
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Finding Hope When Your Child Struggles with Addiction: A Call to Perseverance
Get Pregnant Fast It can be incredibly challenging to maintain hope when your child is battling addiction. My son, Aaron, who was once my pride and joy, has faced the overwhelming grip of heroin addiction. Though he has been sober for several years now, the heartbreaking reality is that recovery can be fragile, as demonstrated…
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Let’s Stop Glamorizing C-Sections: The Reality Check
Get Pregnant Fast There’s a troubling trend I’ve noticed lately: women dismissing C-sections as an “easy” alternative to vaginal delivery. This notion couldn’t be more misguided. Just the other day, while chatting with some friends about my upcoming scheduled C-section, they remarked on how fortunate I was to avoid the pain of labor. One friend…
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Navigating the Postpartum Journey: The Unspoken Truths
Get Pregnant Fast I’ve never been one to keep track of dates. Important reminders like Thanksgiving being the fourth Thursday of November or the fact that New Year’s Day is just a week after Christmas slip my mind like water through a sieve. If you know when the Harvest Moon rises or when Daylight Saving…
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A Letter to My Eating Disorder: It’s Time to Say Goodbye
Get Pregnant Fast Dear Eating Disorder, Consider this a heartfelt farewell. It’s time for us to part ways. It’s not you; it’s me. You don’t stand to lose anything, do you? You thrive on loss and despair, feasting on my vulnerabilities. Each lost moment and each ounce shed is a gain for you, yet it’s…
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Rediscovering Strength Through Mental Health Challenges: My Journey to Recovery
Get Pregnant Fast April 2010 marked a significant moment in my life—not the first, second, or even third time, but the fourth occasion I found myself hospitalized due to psychosis. This experience transformed my understanding of my mental health and illuminated the steps I needed to take to achieve lasting recovery. While waiting in a…
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Navigating Pregnancy While Facing an Eating Disorder
Get Pregnant Fast I stood in front of the mirror, a 5’10” frame weighing a mere 100 pounds, and slipped on my beige pants that had once fit snugly. As I fastened the belt at the last hole, I couldn’t ignore the 4-inch gap between the button and the zipper. Panic surged in my chest…
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I Used to Be a Smug Know-It-All About My First Pregnancy
Get Pregnant Fast Until recently, I had a rather inflated sense of my own prowess when it came to pregnancy. About seven months ago, I found myself shaking my head at the many complaints I heard from other expectant mothers. Surely, I thought, I was just exceptionally skilled at navigating this journey, while the rest…
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Grieving My Son, Jamie Carter, to Heroin: A Warrior Mom’s Journey to Help Others
Get Pregnant Fast Jamie Lee Carter passed away on February 19, 2015, from a heroin overdose in his Los Angeles home at just 30 years old. He was my son, a brilliant comedian with a bright future ahead of him. Growing up in a comfortable suburban neighborhood, Jamie was what you might call a “nice…
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Coming Out of the Recovery Closet: A Personal Journey
Get Pregnant Fast “Hi, I’m Sarah, and I’m a recovering alcoholic.” These words, once so easy to share in the supportive atmosphere of recovery rooms, now make me feel vulnerable as I write them down. As someone who has worked hard to achieve sobriety, I realize how few people in my daily life are aware…
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Alcoholics Anonymous: Confronting the Deceptions I Believed
Get Pregnant Fast Today marked a significant milestone in my journey. While I didn’t conquer a mountain or witness the end of days, I experienced a profound moment in Burlington, Vermont—I attended my first Alcoholics Anonymous meeting. For the past six months of sobriety, I had avoided AA meetings, clinging to a myriad of justifications.…