Jeff Simone

This is the confidence equivalent of being a month sober and thinking you can work as a bartender.

I knew I was getting better when I started lifting legs (and not just upper body every day).

There's nothing more humbling than slipping into a deep, peaceful, meditative experience, being nearly enlightened and truly at one with the universe, then having an absolute freak out when someone unexpectedly walks in the room.

No new relationships the first year of recovery isn't an old puritan suggestion. It's because you're just learning to walk straight and adding in a partner is like trying to do cartwheels on a tightrope. It's hard enough already, let's not turn this into a circus act 🎪

Most people who get sober feel socially awkward for a little bit. Maybe a long bit. It's not just you.

A top parenting hack is just to get into whatever your kids are into. They like Paw Patrol? You like Paw Patrol. They like Barbies? You like Barbies. Learn everything about all their favorite things then they'll always want to play with you ☺️ #parentingtips

On this day 10 years ago I was in a court ordered rehab for 90 days. When I got out, I relapsed then had the worst year of my life. But seeds had been planted and perspectives had changed. At no point have I considered that time a failure. It was the beginning of my recovery.

Tweets in 20 years be like: It snowed in the winter. Human beings still created the art. Alcohol was legal. Everyone thought weed was good for us and for a few years we sold it everywhere in like every imaginable dosage form and potency lol. The year was 2023. Life was good.

Parents, if your child completes treatment and comes back home, keep expectations low. I know you're excited to get "the old Jimmy back", but for him it's a hard transition and he might not have the words to describe it. If he's safe and addiction free, that's good for now.

When someone sends me something from a new wellness influencer or the latest biohacker of the month, I first check what they looked like 5 years ago. If it looks like they've aged 10 years during that time, I don't listen to their stuff. Quick way to weed out the bs.

You need to intentionally create the life you want. It'll never happen by accident and no one's going out of their way to make sure yours is going the way it should. You and only you can move your own mountains 🗻🗻

Maybe the hardest thing to deal with in early recovery is the boredom. Just waves of agonizing and intolerable boredom. When you don't want to use the drug anymore, but your whole body craves SOMETHING, and you can't quite figure out what it is.

Not sure who needs to hear this, but don't quit your job until you have another one lined up.

Prioritizing career development and finding purpose is crucial for young people in early recovery. It provides stability, self-worth, and a sense of accomplishment. All things necessary to help "treat" the waves of depression and anxiety characteristic of the first few months.

A 30 day rehab can't cure your loved one so get that out of your head. The expectations should be they: 1) stay the whole time 2) stay abstinent from the addiction 3) come out eager for recovery. If that happens and you didn't re-mortgage the house to get there, it's a win.

Watching a family member in active addiction who desperately wants to stop but can't is one of the hardest things to do.

In the throes of an intense drug withdrawal, life follows an amazingly simple course. It's limited to what is most necessary, and everything else shrinks away. There is no yesterday or tomorrow. Just an acute awareness of the horrors of this one moment that seems to last forever.

The most common and crippling delusion is that tomorrow, next week, or next month you're going to have the motivation and desire to start doing the thing that you don't feel like doing now. If you're not ready to do it today, you're not ready to do it. There is no tomorrow.

When I turned 20, it felt old, and I was very uncomfortable. When I turned 30, it felt old, and I was very uncomfortable. Now when I look forward to 40, it just feels like any other year. Maybe it's not the number itself but how satisfied we are with our life at that moment 🤔

For years I've wanted to get into cold exposure but didn't because it seemed too uncomfortable. But uncomfortable isn't a reason not to do something so this month I finally got started. 2 mins of cold water at the end of a morning shower 🚿❄️ I feel like a new man 💪🏽