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Progress is Progress

Belinda (Belle) Morey

Addiction, recovery, and mental health—without shame, sugarcoating, or apologies

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Fun Feels Dangerous in Recovery

I remember thinking the hard part of recovery was going to be the quitting.

The cravings.
The early-morning panic when your brain is still hunting for the old exit ramp.
The people who don’t understand.
The nights that feel too still...

13 days ago
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Patient-Centered Care Is Dying in Front of Us: What It Actually Means, Why We’re Losing It, and How We Fight Back

I’ve been having the same conversation over and over lately. With fellow clinicians. With people in recovery. With family members who are bone-tired of battling systems that should be helping. With people still in the thick of mental health...

18 days ago
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When Success Feels Dangerous: Why Getting Better Triggers the Hardest Self-Sabotage

I had just signed the lease.
The keys were in my hand.
For the first time, Progress Is Progress had a real address and office instead of living out of my laptop and home office

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I should have been celebrating. Instead I sat in my car...

21 days ago
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Coaching vs. Counseling for Addiction Recovery: The Honest Truth About How I Do Both (And Never Cross Lines That Blow Up My License or Harm Clients)

You’re sitting across from me—or rather, on that video call. Voice a little raw, eyes searching the screen like you’re testing whether I’m safe. “Belle,” you ask, “how the hell do you actually separate coaching from counseling? And how do y...

a month ago
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Process Addictions After Substance Recovery: When the Phone, Food, Work, or Relationships Become the New Drug

Think life gets easier once you’re sober? Think again.

You ditch the meth, the booze, the pills. You white-knuckle through the early days. You start sleeping again. You start showing up. And then, almost quietly, something else slides into...

a month ago
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    I'm Belle—a recovering addict and substance use clinician. I started writing to cut through shame and stigma and get real about recovery. It’s messy, honest, sometimes funny, and always real. Welcome to my world.

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