Writing my Recovery - with Cici Reagan

Tribe Sober - inspiring an alcohol-free life! My guest this week is Cici Reagan - a recovering addict and a domestic abuse survivor With a difficult upbringing and then an abusive partner the odds were stacked against Cici and she became an alcoholic - but she also found solace in her writing Not only has writing saved her own life but she is now helping others to heal - using the power of poetry. In this Episode Cici's father was an alcoholic - and so was her first partner.  That is quite a common pattern She went to AA as that was the only thing she knew about - it took her years to find the right group - but eventually it worked As she got sober she was feeling emotions she'd buried for years - she had no idea how to deal with them She's been drinking since she was 14 so lacked the emotional maturity to deal with her emotions As she worked through her traumas Cici recognised that the drinking had just been a symptom Throughout everything she had been writing - poetry, short stories and journal entries. She shared what she was going through and when she got sober she sarted a community for people like herself Cici used to feel a lot of shame about her drinking but can now look back at her younger self with compassion We recommend journalling as a key recovery tool here at Tribe Sober  If you feel you need help with your creative writing then check out www.cicireagan.com for free resources which can help Cici also runs workshops If you would like a copy of our e-book 66 days of sobriety then please email me [email protected] More info Subscription membership for Tribe Sober join up HERE To access our website click HERE If you would like a free copy of our e-book "66 days to sobriety" please email [email protected] If you would like to come to our Saturday afternoon Zoom Cafe as a guest and meet our community just email [email protected] Episode Sponsor           This episode is sponsored by the Tribe Sober Membership Program.  If you want to change your relationship with alcohol then            sign up today.            Read more about our 7-step program and subscribe HERE           Book a Discovery Call with me to find out if our membership would help you - calendar on homepage of tribesober.com              Help us to spread the word! We made this podcast so that we can reach more people who need our help.  Please subscribe and share. We release a podcast episode every Saturday morning. You can follow Tribe Sober on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram and join our Tribe Sober Club on Clubhouse - are on Clubhouse every Sunday afternoon at 5pm SA time so come join the conversation. You can catch our FB live on Saturday mornings (11am SAST) and you can join our private Facebook group HERE Thank you for listening!  Till Next Week Janet x