I am La Via Alva! And I am an extreme extrovert ! I love social interactions and being in public settings, however due to the Covid 19 crisis . We are going to have to get our socializing fixes else where ! Please join me :) and feel free to follow me on Twitter @via_alva. Safest of Travels and explorations !
Thoughts on mindfulness, and well-being. Past readings from C.F Alvarez's book The Stars Among Us available Amazon via kindle :D
When starting this podcast Healing from substance abuse and physical trauma, I have come across a few interesting, and beneficial books: Stars amount Us -C.F Alvarez, Come as You - Emily Nagoski.
Wishing my followers a happy new year and wish you the greatest of 2023!
Listen and please join me on contemplating C F Alvarez poetry and 34 hours a day Hazelden Meditation
Happy holiday weekend in the USA, and day of thanks. Please join me on our daily teachings and poetic input from the book C F Alvarez The stars Among us now available on Amazon!
Daily reads from C F Alvarez's stars among us and daily AA prayers. Come join us, The Stars Among Us https://a.co/d/bOLAgaZ
Daily Reads, Twenty-Four Hours a day by Hazelden Meditations. Poems by C. F Alvarez BOOK is on sale now !!! The Stars Among Us https://a.co/d/fFe6VLt
Twenty Four Hours a day and The stars amoung us by C.F Alvarez. The Stars Among Us (on sale now for $10!)
I have been blessed to encounter the most beautiful of people in my life. Some for a long time, and others for a very short while. I truly believe that advocating the awareness for those who attempted and for those who have succeeded. It is more than a “selfish act” it is a silenced pandemic that lies deep in our society and needs more understanding
Take your time healing, sometimes we like to rush the healing ❤️
When we go about life, it's important to keep eyes on your mind body and soul. This is my morning rant about these elements
Addiction is hard and people don't understand how much people use it to survive and fit in.
New session ! All about pulling back the layers of what forms an addiction.
True meaning of finding sobriety - you will also find my writings on Medium La Via Alva
We all deserve a chance to be happy. Sometimes we beat ourselves up more than anyone else. For those who have been practicing sobriety, it can be a rollercoaster of a journey. But we deserve every chance that we get
ADD DICTION, and 4 minutes of encouragement to get through the day sober
As a registered behavior tech, I have come across some behaviors, that clients will exhibit when feeling discomfort and unaware of resources to appropriately express desires/wants/needs. But how can we use these simple models to understand addiction ? Join me !
Good morning Arizona, Minneapolis and other beautiful cities all around the world. Join me on a self love journey, there will be joys and challenges along the way.
Triggers sometimes get stereotyped as “bad, angry, sad, negative” emotions that have someone throwing themselves to their substance and vices- but what if I told you that is not always true. Join me ! And let's talk about relapse
Dissociation is a disconnection between a persons thoughts, memories, actions or sense of who he or she is.
Where does addition come from? Let's think about it
doctors, medical professionals, and people who have claimed to “cure their own addiction” will give you many many explanations to why addiction exists. mental illness, disorders, substantial loss, abuse and other triggers. Yes, these can contribute to the severity of one's addiction, but that is not the cause. Listen closely, because the cause has nothing to do with genetics, your mental inabilities or abilities, or traumatic past it is strictly caused by how you fill your time.
Living a life of sobriety can be a new experience for some people and going the process can sometimes come with eye opening realizations. These are some of my mental interpretations of it. Enjoy
What does this time of season mean to you ?
The new season, Double Feature of American Horror story is work the view- but not for the reasons you would think
There are many groups out there that will tell you moderate drinking can be done- not when you are an alcoholic this doesn't work.
Practice with me on the Tandem app !!! Looking for people to help with French and Spanish ❤️
Sobriety is a journey and it isn't the same for everyone, however do not catch the case of the fuck it's... come process this idea with me
If you could take a magic pill to illuminate an addition, doesn't even need to be an addiction, a medical disease or deformation would you ? Why or why not ?
-trigger warning: stress and fear from police . Minneapolis is a beautiful city but there are things that NEED change
What is death and how can we cope and understand it? Join me on this conversation
Where do we draw the line when it comes to informing our loved ones with addictions that we have had enough ? Or need more from them? Here are my words of advice :) join me
I work at a company where I manage lost and found... and let me share with you one of the many things I like to find.