Tammi Salas
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When I got sober on February 3, 2015, I decided to tuck that old blog away and write from this new perspective of being a sober woman striving to be a better human every single day. I want to share my journey and hopefully that will help others who are struggling to live a sober life, and this space will serve to that end.
Tammi Salas
3y ago
Every three months, the Recovery Gals Art Exchange happens. Sondra and I started the exchange over three years ago and you can see a couple of hundred posts from prior exchanges here. You can also read a few older posts from 2018, 2019, and 2020 to get up to speed on how it works, if you feel so inclined.
I didn’t participate in the June/Summer Solstice exchange this year because my heart just wasn’t in it . I was in a tough spot emotionally. I mean, we were in the midst of this global pandemic (um, still are…) and my mom had just been diagnosed with throat cancer. Pile my recent separation o ..read more
Tammi Salas
4y ago
As I sit here writing, we are on Day 2 of the “shelter-at-home” mandate from the Sonoma County Health Department in Northern California. The COVID-19 virus has been declared a global pandemic and we are essentially house-bound until April 7th.
As the news of the virus has been spreading (pun intended), my anxiety levels have slowly been rising. This art exchange came at the perfect time for me and I wanted to channel some energy into it. I took to my studio one evening (which is rare for me to work at night) and settled into the process; my favorite part ..read more
Tammi Salas
5y ago
Three years ago, Sondra and I founded the Recovery Gals Art Exchange. If you don’t know what that is, you can read more about how it all began here. To see over 200 of the exchanges, we have a hashtag for the exchange and you can click here to see more at #recoverygalsartexchange.
Painting has been on the back-burner for me since May of 2018. I stopped painting after I had my first, debilitating panic attack. I just stopped. This was on the heels of my first gallery show for The Geographic called The Art of Recovery. I ended up delivering what I had completed to be hung, showed up for the op ..read more
Tammi Salas
5y ago
My last sip of alcohol was on Groundhog Day 2015. I wouldn’t know it at the time, but it would be the last time I would shake up an ice cold double Manhattan. It would be the last time I would use alcohol to escape myself. It would be the last time I would use alcohol to quell my anxieties. It would be the last time I would use alcohol to numb out my existence.For those of you have followed me for awhile, you might remember that I have posted about my sobriety milestones from the get-go. If you’re new to my website and blog, I used to post monthly essays on my sobriety milestone on the third ..read more