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Kryssie Smith 4/6/25 Kryssie Smith 4/6/25

Two Years Alcohol Free and I Still Get Cravings

What happens when you stop numbing and start feeling? This is my experience…

Kryssie Smith 3/24/25 Kryssie Smith 3/24/25

Finding Meaning in the Moments

How embracing the present broke my obsession with “what’s next.”

Kryssie Smith 3/16/25 Kryssie Smith 3/16/25

What happens when we lose memories? Here’s what I’ve learned, after two years alcohol free.

Kryssie Smith 3/15/25 Kryssie Smith 3/15/25

Finding meaning in the messiest parts of life and letting go of shame.

Kryssie Smith 1/20/25 Kryssie Smith 1/20/25

A call to engage with history, not just regurgitate what we’ve been taught.

Kryssie Smith 1/8/25 Kryssie Smith 1/8/25

What stayed, what left, and what I learned in the middle.

Kryssie Smith 1/7/25 Kryssie Smith 1/7/25

Sometimes the loudest voices are inside your own head. This is my experience with finding and reclaiming my voice.

Kryssie Smith 1/5/25 Kryssie Smith 1/5/25

Speaking truth when no one asked but someone needed to hear it.