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Lindsey Goodrow's avatar

Thank you for this—I deeply identify with these words! I often feel like I have no right to write about sobriety when I am struggling with it—but it's also the only way I know how to face myself. It's scary, but necessary, and I always end up feeling grateful to have written, even when it hurt to. <3

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T.J. Everwine's avatar

Thank you for being honest here, Tendani <3. You and this piece came across my timeline from a Dana Leigh Lyons share. You summed up a lot of what I'm going through with my own newsletters, and really put to words some stuff I didn't really realize.

"I haven’t written for myself in the longest time. I’m afraid what might come up on the page. I’ve been avoiding myself, just as I avoid conflict and anything else that is uncomfortable. But something is bursting within me. And I’ve received too many signs signalling that I simply cannot avoid what I was clearly made to do."

I think this has summed up my life lately-and generally a pattern in my life as a whole.

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