
How My Healing Journey Began
The month of March has become a reformative one for me. It was 40 years ago, in March of 1986, that my healing journey began. It started with a moment I couldn’t shake.

The month of March has become a reformative one for me. It was 40 years ago, in March of 1986, that my healing journey began. It started with a moment I couldn’t shake.

After weeks of staying close to home, I realized something: I think I’ve been hibernating. A reflection on winter, recovery milestones, and the quiet seasons that sometimes precede change.

I used to lose myself in one particular relationship. This weekend, I didn’t. What changed wasn’t the other person. It was my ability to hold a boundary without explaining it.

Why this panel conversation matters to me, what men often carry in silence, and what becomes possible when honesty is met with safety and structure.

A meme of a U-Haul hauling U-Hauls sent me back to my early twenties, driving across Southern Alberta. What I didn’t realize then was that this job quietly planted my lifelong need for freedom.

Addiction was not my original problem, it was my first attempt at relief. A reflection on childhood trauma, early addictions and why so many coping strategies start as survival before they become suffering.