A weekly newsletter on LinkedIn. Real reflections from recovery, rebuilding, and the work of becoming someone new.
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What you’ll get
One email a week. Sometimes a reflection on the climb back. Sometimes a hard truth I've been sitting with. Sometimes a small thing I learned the hard way and don't want you to.
No mailing list polish. No five-step frameworks. Just the honest version, written the morning I send it, by someone who's still figuring it out.
If you're in it - recovery, rebuild, late-diagnosed ADHD, whatever your version of the bottom looked like - this might land.
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16 more issues. Newest first.
- 18 May 2026What You Did Isn't Who You Are: Life After an ASIC Ban
- 6 May 2026Stability Feels Boring. That's The Point.
- 28 April 2026What "Not Ready" Is Actually Costing You
- 7 April 2026Rock Bottom Doesn't Feel Like Rock Bottom
- 28 March 2026When Your Past Lives Online and Won't Let Go
- 10 March 2026How Professional Shame Really Works
- 4 March 2026What Rehab Actually Taught Me About Reclaiming My Story
- 20 February 2026When the Diagnosis Rewrites the Story You Told Yourself
- 14 February 2026I Didn't Want To Get High. I Wanted To Feel Normal.
- 10 February 2026The Empty Promise of AI Therapy
- 9 February 2026Embracing the Fall: Understanding True Qualifications Beyond Traditional Success
- 4 February 2026What Brené Brown Taught Me About Emotions — And Why I Wrote a Song About It
- 1 February 2026Why Your Worst Day Might Be Your Best Qualification
- 27 January 2026Learning How to Sit With the Mess
- 26 January 2026The Transformative Power of Detox: A Journey from Chaos to Clarity
- 24 January 2026When Music Becomes a Way Back
About the Writer
A note about who’s writing this
I'm Tony. I run a disability support business, host the Fall From Grace podcast, write songs, and am training to become a counsellor. I'm in recovery, working it every day. The newsletter is the part of the week where I sit down and write what's actually been true.