540 Days Sober: 5 years ago today
June 25, 2018 | By butlerrarines
Five years ago today, I walked into Dr. Philip Flores’ office to seek professional help for an addiction I had been battling for over a...
My Recovery Journey
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560 Days Sober: Finding Balance.
July 15, 2018 | By butlerrarines
Tucked away in Atlanta, GA is my home shala, @balanceyogaatlanta If I had not found Balance 4.5 years ago I would not be sober. I...
30 days without caffeine (642 days sober)
October 5, 2018 | By butlerrarines
“Slow your breathing Butler” “I am trying. I can’t.” “You can.” I could feel myself getting annoyed. I really was trying to breathe, but instead...
670 days sober: Sobriety is an internal project.
November 3, 2018 | By butlerrarines
“I know what I’m asking but would you be willing to take on a project like me?” “I am willing to help in any way...
690 Sober: I am thankful I chose a different path
November 22, 2018 | By butlerrarines
Many of you only know about past behaviours through my stories, and those of you who knew me before I got sober, only saw what...
700 days sober: Where does this path lead?
December 2, 2018 | By butlerrarines
700 days sober: Where does this path lead? “On this path effort never goes to waste and there is no failure.” Taylor and I sat...
740 days sober: In 2200 characters or less.
January 12, 2019 | By butlerrarines
As a boy I loved to learn. Mama would sit with me at the dining room table every night and help me with my studies....
750 days sober.: It’s not magic. It’s practice.
January 21, 2019 | By butlerrarines
Sutra 1.21 “The goal is near for those who are supremely vigorous and intense in practice” Sutra 1.22 “There are differences between those who are...
760 days sober: New Beginnings
February 1, 2019 | By butlerrarines
I did not want to make the drive. Not again. A three hour drive into my own personal heart of darkness. Sitting with my thoughts...
790 Days sober: I don’t have to feel this way.
March 2, 2019 | By butlerrarines
790 Days sober: I don’t have to feel this way. I stared through the window into the bar connected to my hotel in San Francisco....
820 Days Sober: I Believe in a Better South
April 1, 2019 | By butlerrarines
I am a Southerner. I was raised in Harrison, Georgia, a rural town of about 500 people; median income $18,125 in today’s dollars. I was...
830 days sober: The Power of Hope
April 11, 2019 | By butlerrarines
If there is something you want to change in your life, you can. You might not be able to see a way or hell, you...
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