013 - Karen : Addiction, Recovery, and Yoga

Living a life with the "in crowd" in 80's New York City seemed awesome until it wasn't.  Going from all the right guest lists, the CBGB, The Tunnel, the Fashion Industry and all the beautiful people to sneaking booze and lying.  Karen's world crumbled around her and after 6-months of trying she finally made it to 90-days clean and sober.  Karen found yoga again, but at a different and better pace allowing her to balance her life starting with her mind and her body.

1.  Native New Yorker
2.  70's and 80's New York
3.  Childhood of Chaos
4.  All the adults were smokers, drinkers, and users around her
5.  Loved wine at eight year's old
6.  Rolling joints at nine year's old
7.  Playing adult
8.  Addiction become a way of life in my teens
9.  Fake IDs and the New York Party scene
10.  CBGB and the Tunnel and more, much more
11.  No consequences
12.  No respect for authority
13.  Didn't finish college, I didn't finish anything
14.  Fashion industry and a life a real excess
15.  Life at a million miles an hour
16.  My first addiction was to fantasy
17.  I never felt good enough, I was just a little girl from Queens hanging out with the beautiful people.
18.  I drank and drugged to fit in, to feel like I belonged
19.  Married at 19
20.  Marriage fell apart
21.  Constantly collecting and consuming
22.  Restaurants, cocaine, and alcohol
23.  The illusion of control
24.  Wheels starting to come off
25.  I didn't have a problem.  I took days off
26.  Binge user
27.  Nursed hangovers at work destroyed and hungover
28.  911 happened and life changed
29.  Crossed the river and left it all behind
30.  I lost the ability to control myself
31.  Without the drugs my drinking got really sloppy
32.  Expert liar
33.  Drinking in secret
34.  9-months of not drinking
35.  Post Partum
36.  Thyroid
37.  Depression and anxiety
38.  Ativan
39.  Drinking again
40.  Hospitalization and an OD
41.  Thyroid health and AA
42.  Not ready to surrender
43.  Green light to start drinking again
44.  Lying, sneaking, hiding...again
45.  Double life of an alcoholic
46.  All was NOT ok...my ultimatem
47.  Heard myself lying in a voicemail
48.  AA and falling apart
49.  6-months to get 90-days
50.  My sickness went deep
51.  12-steps set me right
52.  Yoga and somatic health
53.  Humility and taking suggestions

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