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A raw and real space for anyone battling addiction coupled with anxiety, depression or inner chaosRecoveryRules offers practical tools, hard-earned insights, and real-life stories that resonate. No fluff, no filters — just honest support for mastering your mind and finding clarity.

🧠 The Mind Hustle

Recovery doesn’t come with a playbook. And the streets don’t teach you how to heal. Therapy isn’t always accessible — or even trusted. That’s why I created Recovery Rules: a space where lived experience meets real, evidence-based tools. No sugarcoating. No pity. Just strategies that actually work.

I’m a therapist with a PhD — but I didn’t learn healing in a lecture hall. I learned it inside the system, doing time and doing the work. Prison became my mental health laboratory. It’s where I studied, practiced, and witnessed the raw truth of what real recovery looks like — from the inside out.

Whether you’re facing addiction, depression, trauma, or co-occurring mental health struggles — you’re not alone. I’ve walked that path. I still walk it. And I’m here to share what I’ve learned — not from theory, but from survival, study, and service.

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Blog & Insights

Discover weekly insights on mental health, recovery, and resilience — grounded in real-life experience and clinical tools. No fluff, just powerful strategies. Cross-posted on Medium and Substack.

Trust God? During these times?

Trust God? During these times?

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Recovery Rule #1 – Surrender to Love

Recovery Rule #1 – Surrender to Love

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Me, My Psych Meds and My 12-step Recovery

Me, My Psych Meds and My 12-step Recovery

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Recovery Rules

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Hey Dr. Phil! We are not “Idiots.”

Hey Dr. Phil! We are not “Idiots.”

Mentally ill? For most of recorded history the treatment was barbaric. Labeled as…

god, meds and recovery

god, meds and recovery

So 12-step recovery suggests I find a God (or god) of my own…

And it begins like this…

And it begins like this…

I’m taking a whiz in an inappropriate place again. Apparently five plus years…

Hey 13th Steppers! Give it a Rest.

Hey 13th Steppers! Give it a Rest.

Celia never seemed to put more than a few months together clean. A…

Justifiable Anger???

Justifiable Anger???

Yes, I know better. But sometimes I make the mistake of watching the…

Failures into Lessons

Failures into Lessons

My last bipolar manic episode was what my 94-year-old mother would call a…

Live and Let Live!

Live and Let Live!

Is it “Live and Let Live” or should it be “Love Unconditionally and…

The Power of Silence

The Power of Silence

Once again I was wrong. Once again it was due to my over-inflated…

Self-Help vs. Selfless-Help: The Key to Sobriety

Self-Help vs. Selfless-Help: The Key to Sobriety

I did it again. Slick ad on Facebook. A play to my reoccurring…

Hope is Found Here???

Hope is Found Here???

At a 12-step home group I regularly attend there is a prominently displayed…

Heaven is NOW!

Heaven is NOW!

As critical as I can be, I actually have very few beefs with…

The Importance of Steps 6 & 7

The Importance of Steps 6 & 7

He was three years “sober.” After running a hose from the tailpipe of…

The Paradox of Intention

The Paradox of Intention

In recovery, there are those who have achieved the promise of “happy, joyous…

The Spirituality of Imperfection

The one question I wish people would ask me is whether I’d prefer…

What Do You Need to be Happy?

What Do You Need to be Happy?

Alcoholics and addicts love to talk about being happy, joyous and free. I…

RecoveryRules is a no-fluff space for real people facing real struggles — addiction, anxiety, trauma, and everything in between. Here, you’ll find raw truth, practical tools, and the mental hustle it takes to heal and grow.

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