mental health

Amanda Ayako

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Stuck

I’ve been stuck in my writing for the past five months.

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Self Care, Self Love

This weekend was an emergency dose of much-needed self-care and I am so grateful I decided to take it.

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What's Next?

As I look ahead, my greatest priority is continuing the critical work I've been doing on myself.

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Dear Alcohol,

I am done giving up everything for you.

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Don't call it a resolution

I have a few New Year's resolutions. But posting to this blog is not one of them. Not that it doesn't haunt me that I have a blog...

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Recovery Month

September is recovery month and I’ve seen posts with clean dates flooding my Facebook feed. I thought this would be a good time to end my...

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Drinking dreams

I have drinking dreams sometimes Drinking nightmares, I call them. They’re dreams in which I take a drink and all hell ensues. Actually,...