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Donuts, Fear, and Adulting
Read More: Donuts, Fear, and AdultingWhat “Rising” in Recovery Actually Looks Like When you first enter recovery they tell you to take it one second, one minute, one hour, one day at a time. They do this, I think, because to tell someone who has just decided to try and get sober that recovery is a lifelong process might send…
high honors. low filter. unapologetic recovery.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Cassie A—wife, mother, recovering alcoholic, and non-traditional student—is the author behind Summa Cum Messy. After realizing that living life in the “traditional order” was overrated, she went back to school in her forties and is working on earning multiple bachelor’s degrees while also navigating marriage, oodles of therapy, and maintaining nearly a decade of sobriety. Summa Cum Messy is her corner of the internet for honest reflections on rewrite-your-life moments, academic pursuits, anxiety-riddled doubts, and the sometimes not so elegant attempts to find grace in the chaos of it all. High honors, low filter, and completely unapologetic.