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Mind Your Mind: 5 Tips to Incorporate Mindfulness into Your Recovery
Mindfulness is about bringing awareness and presence to everything - thoughts and thought patterns, environment, habits, bodily sensations,

Amy C. Willis
Feb 23, 20214 min read
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Normative Alcohol Culture: What It Is and Why It Matters
Normative alcohol culture describes what we think and how we speak about and engage with alcohol. Alcohol culture dictates what is ...

Amy C. Willis
Nov 13, 20209 min read
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What to Say When Saying “Alcoholic” Doesn’t Feel Right
Addiction is highly nuanced and complex and requires precise language. The on-going use of the term “alcoholic” simply does not capture the

Amy C. Willis
May 17, 20205 min read
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3.5 Years into My Sobriety and I Still Feel the Pull: What You Can Do When Cravings Hit
3.5 years into my sobriety. And then it happened.
Out of nowhere, a thought popped into my head: you should have a drink.

Amy C. Willis
Feb 28, 20208 min read
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Resilience in Recovery: 7 Steps to Strengthening Your Struggle
While we don’t have the capacity to change our history, we do have the capacity to change our beliefs, our emotions and our experiences ...

Amy C. Willis
Dec 10, 20196 min read
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But What If Addiction Isn't a Disease? Part II
Another incongruency that’s worth mentioning is that within the BDMA, the foundation of this model’s argument that addiction is a disease ..

Amy C. Willis
Oct 16, 20194 min read
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But What If Addiction Isn't a Disease? Part I
As someone who struggled with problematic alcohol use and consumption, labelling my experience as a "disease" never sat well with me.

Amy C. Willis
Oct 16, 20195 min read
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The Sobriety Smörgåsbord: Why Creating a Recovery Patchwork Can Serve You Well
Let's chat about why creating a #recovery patchwork can be so beneficial for you!

Amy C. Willis
Aug 4, 20195 min read
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#Soberfun is a Choice
Think that being sober means not having any fun? Think again. Fun is easier to have than ever in sobriety. It call comes down to a choice.

Amy C. Willis
Jul 27, 20192 min read
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Books for Sobriety & Life
Some of the books that have changed my life and supported my #recovery!

Amy C. Willis
Jul 14, 20194 min read
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Why Admitting That We're Powerless Over Alcohol Sets Women Up For Failure
Taking on AA's Step 1 and uncovering why it's damaging AF for women

Amy C. Willis
May 16, 20193 min read
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