Billy Jensen Instagram – Pets are life. They run and jump and flop around and have no idea what their tiny moments do to our hearts and our hope. Dogs. Cats. Lizards. Doesn’t matter. They are transformative mental health wizards.
Today I’m 7 months sober. I’m a newbie still working steps and have so few answers and a long way to go. But I’ve been seeing and talking to a lot of people working dry January and thinking about going year round. If you do, get a pet.
When you lose alcohol or drugs, you lose the thing you might have relied on for years to push aside intrusive darkness each day and night. Depression, OCD and su@3cide ideation— the welcome temporary relief was there but it was also killing you. And it still can pound you into the ground. Luna is a tiny goofy spark of light for me each day. So a pet. A pet and therapy and meds and meetings if that’s your thing and milkshakes and fizzy drinks and sunshine. Let me know what works for you.
And as this is Instagram, there are some amazing mental health and recovery accounts to follow. @fightthroughmentalhealth @bekindmentalhealth @theocdtherapist @talkclubuk @fucking_sober @muppet_recovery @obsessivelyeverafter
are some of my favorites. #Sobriety #recovery #process #ocd #dryjanuary #hope #desertDogs #Sober #7months | Posted on 27/Jan/2023 00:38:58
