Circle of Chairs
Caroline Beidler, MSW, Allison Deraney, Jessica Guerrieri, Kimberly Phinney | TWBTO, Sarah Walton, Tawny Lara, Sean Delaney, Sydney AllenAddiction recovery expert and author, Caroline Beidler, MSW explores mental health, supporting loved ones with addiction, trauma, and more. Pull up a chair.
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“The kind of tired that sleep don’t fix.”
“What is it like to live in active addiction?”
I asked her this question, and she bit the edge of her lip ring as she answered:
“It’s the kind of tired that sleep don’t fix.”
Others around the circle nodded their heads. A circle of chai...
I Can't Believe I Get to Do This
It’s more than a joy to show up in this circle with you, friends. It’s an honor.
Most weeks, I still whisper to myself: “I can’t believe I get to do this.”
Sharing words, listening to your stories, and learning from each other. Just like...
What helps in hard seasons?
The cold jelly and ultrasound wand pressed into my oddly expanding belly. Then the tech paused and I swallowed hard.
Was this the moment?
Looking for a heartbeat?
When time stands still with that little metal wand and everything chang...
“I’m still not as bad as her.”
This week let’s welcome to the circle. In this guest letter, she shares about the tension between comparison, sobriety, and more. Pull up a chair.
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The Art of Sticking With It
It happened to me (again) after a publisher wanted to meet about a book proposal that I’d sent several months ago with hopes it might be my next project.
Waiting for the Zoom meeting to start, taking a few deep breaths, I tried to talk mys...
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Caroline Beidler, MSW is a trained mental health clinician and certified addiction recovery specialist. Her next book, When You Love Someone in Recovery: A Hopeful Guide to Understanding Addiction, is available now with Nelson Books.
Mom to two humans and two canines, a sober woman finding herself in midlife, a lawyer by profession, a writer by nature.
Book club literary fiction author of Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea and Both Can Be True (May 2026). Writing about motherhood, sobriety, recovery, healing, and hope.
🪴your faithful professor & poet counselor | founder of TheWayBack2Ourselves.com & The Way Back Books | ✍🏼 a 📖 with Baker on art, faith, & belonging
I'm a follower of Jesus, Lyme Disease and childhood neurodivergence advocate, chronic overthinker, and author of several books.
🤘🏽Your fav writing teacher's fav writing teacher / 📚Author of Dry Humping / 🥃 beverage cofounder / Founder of Rooted Relations
Recovering garden variety alcoholic. Nobody knows what's going on. That's the bit I find beautiful now.
Former gray-area drinker, sober at 26. Mom of 2. Writing about sobriety, motherhood, and anti-influence. Very big My Chemical Romance fan.
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