Life In Detox – Recovery Blogger. Sober AF. Photographer. Storyteller. Writer.

Website Maintenance & Moving

Posted on May 20, 2018May 20, 2018 by SJ VanDee2

You’re Going To Want To Give Up

Posted on May 18, 2018May 18, 2018 by SJ VanDee12

Courageous Love

Posted on May 14, 2018May 14, 2018 by SJ VanDee10

The Worst Thing I’ve Ever Done

Posted on May 11, 2018 by SJ VanDee12

Branches & Vines

Posted on May 2, 2018May 2, 2018 by SJ VanDee2

All My Hungry Ghosts

Posted on April 28, 2018April 29, 2018 by SJ VanDee6

How To Feng Shui Your Freaking Life

Posted on April 26, 2018April 27, 2018 by SJ VanDee0

Gasoline

Posted on April 24, 2018April 24, 2018 by SJ VanDee13

Sleepwalking

Posted on April 22, 2018April 22, 2018 by SJ VanDee0

The Riots

Posted on April 20, 2018April 20, 2018 by SJ VanDee9

Routine Maintenance

Posted on April 18, 2018April 18, 2018 by SJ VanDee2

I Don’t Say Sorry Anymore

Posted on April 16, 2018April 16, 2018 by SJ VanDee11

The Ice Storm & The Melting

Posted on April 15, 2018April 15, 2018 by SJ VanDee11

Transformation

Posted on April 13, 2018April 13, 2018 by SJ VanDee6

Journal Quotes Rehab

Life In Detox

Posted on April 12, 2018April 12, 2018 by SJ VanDee16

A Letter for Our Broken Hearts

Posted on April 10, 2018April 10, 2018 by SJ VanDee7

Never The Tortoise, Always The Hare

Posted on April 9, 2018April 9, 2018 by SJ VanDee4

Until It Happens To You

Posted on April 7, 2018April 7, 2018 by SJ VanDee11

Journal Quotes Rehab

This Time Around

Posted on April 6, 2018April 6, 2018 by SJ VanDee12

Resurrected & Infected

Posted on April 4, 2018April 4, 2018 by SJ VanDee4

What I Learned From NOT Watching the Film ‘Walk With Me’

Posted on April 3, 2018April 3, 2018 by SJ VanDee6

Journal Quotes Rehab

Rocks, Pebbles, Sand

Posted on April 2, 2018 by SJ VanDee3

The Best Part of Being Sober

Posted on March 31, 2018March 31, 2018 by SJ VanDee4

Journal Playlist Quotes

Learning To Exhale

Posted on March 30, 2018March 30, 2018 by SJ VanDee6

Boiling The Big Bad Wolf

Posted on March 28, 2018March 28, 2018 by SJ VanDee11

Shipwrecks & Glow Sticks

Posted on March 27, 2018March 27, 2018 by SJ VanDee2

Dear You, Me, and All of Us

Posted on March 26, 2018March 26, 2018 by SJ VanDee2

Mind Full or Mindful?

Posted on March 25, 2018March 25, 2018 by SJ VanDee0

Unbecoming

Posted on March 24, 2018March 24, 2018 by SJ VanDee0

Recovering Out Loud

Posted on March 23, 2018March 23, 2018 by SJ VanDee7

A Recipe for Relapse

Posted on March 22, 2018March 22, 2018 by SJ VanDee14

Learning To Laugh At It All

Posted on March 21, 2018March 21, 2018 by SJ VanDee1

How I Survived Being Sober in New Orleans

Posted on March 20, 2018March 22, 2018 by SJ VanDee10

Journal Playlist Quotes

Sober in New Orleans: Day 4

Posted on March 18, 2018March 18, 2018 by SJ VanDee0

Sober in New Orleans: Day 3

Posted on March 17, 2018March 17, 2018 by SJ VanDee6

Sober in New Orleans: Day 2

Posted on March 16, 2018March 16, 2018 by SJ VanDee0

Sober in New Orleans: Day 1

Posted on March 15, 2018March 15, 2018 by SJ VanDee12

Integrity: Waiting For My Cake

Posted on March 13, 2018March 13, 2018 by SJ VanDee11

The Inevitability of Things Sucking (aka: No, There is Nothing Wrong With You)

Posted on March 12, 2018March 13, 2018 by SJ VanDee2

Flipping The Switch

Posted on March 11, 2018March 11, 2018 by SJ VanDee8

Dodging Triggers: How Not to Drink in New Orleans

Posted on March 10, 2018March 10, 2018 by SJ VanDee4

15 Awesome (and unexpected) Things That Happened When I Quit Drinking For 30 Days

Posted on March 8, 2018March 8, 2018 by SJ VanDee4

Rearview Mirrors

Posted on March 7, 2018March 7, 2018 by SJ VanDee4

Journal Photo Album Quotes

150 Inspirational Quotes to Help You Kick Ass

Posted on March 6, 2018March 6, 2018 by SJ VanDee3

Consumption

Posted on March 6, 2018March 6, 2018 by SJ VanDee7

Sober Vows & Flattened Squirrels

Posted on March 5, 2018March 5, 2018 by SJ VanDee10

This Is (Usually) Where I Stop

Posted on March 4, 2018March 4, 2018 by SJ VanDee1

Shit Cakes & The Happiness Trifecta

Posted on March 3, 2018March 3, 2018 by SJ VanDee4

Uphill, Both Ways

Posted on March 2, 2018March 2, 2018 by SJ VanDee0

Shattered

Posted on March 1, 2018March 1, 2018 by SJ VanDee5

Weapons of Self-Destruction

Posted on February 28, 2018 by SJ VanDee10

The Meditation Room

Posted on February 27, 2018 by SJ VanDee2

Of Mice and Men and Providence

Posted on February 26, 2018February 26, 2018 by SJ VanDee7

Shoshin: The Beginner’s Mind and Other Sad Tales

Posted on February 25, 2018February 25, 2018 by SJ VanDee2

The Ghost Hangover

Posted on February 24, 2018February 24, 2018 by SJ VanDee6

Muddy Waters

Posted on February 23, 2018February 23, 2018 by SJ VanDee4

The New Normal & Becoming Really Real

Posted on February 22, 2018February 22, 2018 by SJ VanDee8

Seeing Red

Posted on February 21, 2018February 22, 2018 by SJ VanDee5

First Steps & Failures

Posted on February 20, 2018March 23, 2018 by SJ VanDee0

As Above, So Much More Below

Posted on February 19, 2018February 19, 2018 by SJ VanDee3

Stuck in The Lineup

Posted on February 18, 2018February 18, 2018 by SJ VanDee2

Today is Enough

Posted on February 17, 2018 by SJ VanDee13

A Gentle Reminder

Posted on February 16, 2018 by SJ VanDee0

The Horrible Book of My Deepest Regrets

Posted on February 16, 2018February 16, 2018 by SJ VanDee9

The Three Me’s

Posted on February 15, 2018February 15, 2018 by SJ VanDee6

What If…

Posted on February 14, 2018February 14, 2018 by SJ VanDee0

The Clearance Aisle

Posted on February 14, 2018February 14, 2018 by SJ VanDee12

Waking Up

Posted on February 13, 2018February 13, 2018 by SJ VanDee19

Nothing Changes

Posted on February 12, 2018February 12, 2018 by SJ VanDee2

The Next Right Thing

Posted on February 12, 2018February 12, 2018 by SJ VanDee0

Car Crash, Train Wreck, Tornado

Posted on February 11, 2018February 11, 2018 by SJ VanDee2

Swallowing My Own Tail

Posted on February 10, 2018February 10, 2018 by SJ VanDee2

Someone, Bring Me a Shovel

Posted on February 9, 2018 by SJ VanDee2

A Letter to Future Me

Posted on February 9, 2018February 9, 2018 by SJ VanDee6

Master the Day

Posted on February 8, 2018 by SJ VanDee2

The Fear of Being Happy

Posted on February 8, 2018February 8, 2018 by SJ VanDee9

The Secret to Change

Posted on February 7, 2018 by SJ VanDee4

Red Flags

Posted on February 7, 2018February 7, 2018 by SJ VanDee6

Courage

Posted on February 6, 2018 by SJ VanDee11

Alkaline

Posted on February 6, 2018February 6, 2018 by SJ VanDee15

Journal Quotes Rehab

Recovery: Expectations vs. Reality

Posted on February 5, 2018February 5, 2018 by SJ VanDee1

Journal Playlist

Liquid Lunch

Posted on February 5, 2018February 5, 2018 by SJ VanDee3

The Cure for Anxiety

Posted on February 4, 2018February 4, 2018 by SJ VanDee2

Journal Quotes Rehab

Never Stop Starting

Posted on February 4, 2018 by SJ VanDee29

Journal Quotes Rehab

Some Things I’ve Learned

Posted on March 14, 2017March 14, 2017 by SJ VanDee23

Journal Quotes Rehab

Alive and Well

Posted on March 10, 2017March 10, 2017 by SJ VanDee34

Repeat After Me

Posted on March 7, 2017March 7, 2017 by SJ VanDee12

Between Two Boats

Posted on March 7, 2017March 7, 2017 by SJ VanDee14

Journal Quotes Rehab

A Circle of Friends

Posted on March 5, 2017March 5, 2017 by SJ VanDee24

The Good, The Bad, The Ugly (And a little Buddha, too)

Posted on March 4, 2017March 4, 2017 by SJ VanDee15

How A Seashell Saved My Life

Posted on March 1, 2017March 1, 2017 by SJ VanDee42

Quick Purge

Posted on February 28, 2017 by SJ VanDee30

Message In A Bottle

Posted on February 27, 2017February 27, 2017 by SJ VanDee15

Better Out Than In

Posted on February 26, 2017 by SJ VanDee46

Life Is Tough

Posted on February 26, 2017February 26, 2017 by SJ VanDee2

The Tin Man

Posted on February 25, 2017February 25, 2017 by SJ VanDee24

The Drawing Hope Project

Posted on February 25, 2017February 25, 2017 by SJ VanDee30

Honesty & Self Love

Posted on February 24, 2017February 24, 2017 by SJ VanDee16

Sing Me To Sleep

Posted on February 24, 2017February 24, 2017 by SJ VanDee39

HALT

Posted on February 23, 2017 by SJ VanDee9

Ready To Start Bleeding

Posted on February 22, 2017February 23, 2017 by SJ VanDee34

Courage

Posted on February 22, 2017February 22, 2017 by SJ VanDee3

30 Hours. Day 1.

Posted on February 22, 2017February 22, 2017 by SJ VanDee37

Let The Games Begin

Posted on February 21, 2017February 22, 2017 by SJ VanDee19

Letter For Hubs

Posted on February 20, 2017February 21, 2017 by SJ VanDee22

Not All Cries Are Created Equal

Posted on February 20, 2017February 20, 2017 by SJ VanDee12

Journal Playlist

Come As You Are

Posted on February 20, 2017 by SJ VanDee6

A Terrifying Truth

Posted on February 20, 2017February 20, 2017 by SJ VanDee0

Journal Photo Album Quotes

Like Being Dead, But Without the Commitment

Posted on February 20, 2017February 20, 2017 by SJ VanDee21

I’m Learning That This is Everything

Posted on February 19, 2017February 19, 2017 by SJ VanDee1

Journal Photo Album Quotes

Fishing

Posted on February 19, 2017 by SJ VanDee7

The World Spins Madly On

Posted on February 19, 2017February 19, 2017 by SJ VanDee27

Important To Remember, Easy To Forget

Posted on February 18, 2017February 18, 2017 by SJ VanDee5

Overthinking

Posted on February 18, 2017February 18, 2017 by SJ VanDee63

Journal Playlist

St. Jude

Posted on February 18, 2017 by SJ VanDee0

Clock Watching

Posted on February 18, 2017February 18, 2017 by SJ VanDee11

Time For Transparency and $61,320 Worth of Wine

Posted on February 17, 2017February 17, 2017 by SJ VanDee28

Journal Photo Album Playlist Quotes

To Everything There is a Season

Posted on February 17, 2017February 17, 2017 by SJ VanDee3

Recovery is Badass

Posted on February 17, 2017 by SJ VanDee16

That Time I Pissed Myself in New Orleans

Posted on February 17, 2017February 17, 2017 by SJ VanDee9

The Walk of Shame

Posted on February 16, 2017February 16, 2017 by SJ VanDee14

Journal Playlist

Keep Your Head Up

Posted on February 16, 2017 by SJ VanDee9

Devil On Your Back

Posted on February 16, 2017February 16, 2017 by SJ VanDee6

Connection

Posted on February 16, 2017February 16, 2017 by SJ VanDee6

Journal Photo Album Quotes

Grief Is Just Love With No Place To Go

Posted on February 15, 2017February 15, 2017 by SJ VanDee18

Thunderstorms & Disappointments

Posted on February 15, 2017 by SJ VanDee1

Stuck in the Mud

Posted on February 15, 2017February 15, 2017 by SJ VanDee3

6 Days of Drinking

Posted on February 14, 2017February 14, 2017 by SJ VanDee24

Journal Playlist

It’s Always Darkest Before The Dawn

Posted on February 14, 2017 by SJ VanDee2

Journal Playlist

Songs To Cry and Drink Alone To

Posted on February 14, 2017February 14, 2017 by SJ VanDee22

Journal Playlist

Ship To Wreck

Posted on February 13, 2017February 13, 2017 by SJ VanDee0

Journal Photo Album Quotes

Bottled Up Emotions

Posted on February 13, 2017 by SJ VanDee6

It’s Happening: I’m Going to Rehab

Posted on February 13, 2017February 22, 2017 by SJ VanDee24

One Rude Little Awakening

Posted on February 12, 2017February 12, 2017 by SJ VanDee5

Journal Photo Album Quotes

Broken

Posted on February 12, 2017February 13, 2017 by SJ VanDee17

Journal Photo Album Quotes

The Puppet

Posted on February 12, 2017February 13, 2017 by SJ VanDee2

The Dream Box: Missing Pants, Terrifying Stairs and the Absinthe Goddess

Posted on February 12, 2017February 12, 2017 by SJ VanDee11

Trying To Be Fine

Posted on February 11, 2017February 12, 2017 by SJ VanDee0

The Definition of Hell

Posted on February 11, 2017February 11, 2017 by SJ VanDee10

Feeling The Rain

Posted on February 11, 2017 by SJ VanDee0

Mastering the Day (one step at a time)

Posted on February 11, 2017 by SJ VanDee9

Too Many Thoughts

Posted on February 10, 2017February 10, 2017 by SJ VanDee4

Rock Bottom

Posted on February 10, 2017 by SJ VanDee2

I Don’t Want To Die Young

Posted on February 10, 2017February 10, 2017 by SJ VanDee2

Escaping Reality

Posted on February 9, 2017February 9, 2017 by SJ VanDee3

Dreams Journal Photo Album

The Dream Box: I Spent The Night In Hell. Again.

Posted on February 9, 2017February 13, 2017 by SJ VanDee10

I Have Mixed Drinks About Feelings

Posted on February 8, 2017 by SJ VanDee6

Neglect Is a Plague That Will Tear Your Whole House Down

Posted on February 8, 2017February 8, 2017 by SJ VanDee3

The Universe Is Curled Up Inside Us All

Posted on February 7, 2017 by SJ VanDee0

Journal Playlist

Song For Zula (Video)

Posted on February 7, 2017February 7, 2017 by SJ VanDee0