Addiction is not a choice, or a personal failing, but a complex mental health condition that should be met with empathy and support

Normalise waking up on a Sunday without a hangover

Everyone is into mental health awareness until it involves dealing with the actual difficult symptoms and behaviours caused by severe mental illness

it’s OK if your version of self-care doesn’t look Instagram-perfect

Addiction should be seen as a chronic health condition requiring long-term treatment in a similar way to diabetes or rheumatoid arthritis

Normalise waking up on Sundays without a hangover

No one sets out wanting to be addicted. It’s teeny-tiny steps and teeny-tiny risks, and the links are so small that you don’t see where they’re headed. And those steps are hard to quantify because they’re different for different people

Horrified to learn people think me bringing up my veganism is virtue-signaling — I was just trying to alert them that I’m high-maintenance and white

Everything will be okay in the end. If it's not okay, it's not the end

"The problem with groups who deal with rape is that they try to educate women about how to defend themselves. What really needs to be done is teaching men not to rape. Go to the source and start there." Kurt Cobain

My biggest fear about becoming a zombie is all the walking

If you're not sure what self-care works for you, ask yourself these three questions: What can I do within my power that will make me feel better? What helps me recharge when I'm feeling drained? Are my needs right now emotional, physical or practical?

I found myself thinking this myself. The challenge is that I felt i was void of a personality unless I was drunk, I felt my new personality was sobriety. Fortunately, with time, I began to discover I wasn't just a state, but could contribute so much more. Well... I hope so anyway.

Reverse Dorian Gray where I age and the picture stays the same

Just because you’re sober it doesn’t mean you have to make it your personality

'Being poor is cool' is the most messed up stereotype ever. Wasn't cool when I got kicked off housing benefit and was crying into my leather jacket, sat on my motorbike, smoking a cigarette in black and white

"The problem with groups who deal with rape is that they try to educate women about how to defend themselves. What really needs to be done is teaching men not to rape. Go to the source and start there." Kurt Cobain

Everything will be okay in the end. If it's not okay, it's not the end

Horrified to learn people think me bringing up my veganism is virtue-signaling — I was just trying to alert them that I’m high-maintenance and white

Normalise waking up on a Sunday without a hangover! DMs are open for anyone affected by addiction issues

When someone asks me if i'm seeing anyone, I automatically assume they're talking about a psychiatrist

One of the most important things I’ve learnt in recovery (obviously excluding learning how to live without using drugs) is how not to be constantly consumed by my thoughts. I am not my thinking

Normalise waking up on a Sunday without a hangover

Addiction should be seen as a chronic health condition requiring long-term treatment in a similar way to diabetes or rheumatoid arthritis

Always do the right thing

Normalise waking up on a Sunday without a hangover