Lisa Tannert
@lisatannert.bsky.social
Writer, teacher, speaker, wife, mother...these are roles I play, who I really am is YOU! Living in the 4th dimension since 10/08/04. Here to open hearts one mind at a time. #LoveWins #ODAAT
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Pinned
Drugs and alcohol will always sever my connection to the Divine. And that knowing—that lived, sacred truth—keeps me sober.
November 8, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Drugs and alcohol will always sever my connection to the Divine. And that knowing—that lived, sacred truth—keeps me sober.
We can list reasons, rationalizations, and excuses—but the truth is, we don’t know why we picked up that first drink.
The Big Book calls our logic the philosophy of a man who, having a headache, beats himself with a hammer to forget the pain.
#sobersky #odaat #addiction
The Big Book calls our logic the philosophy of a man who, having a headache, beats himself with a hammer to forget the pain.
#sobersky #odaat #addiction
November 6, 2025 at 9:56 PM
We can list reasons, rationalizations, and excuses—but the truth is, we don’t know why we picked up that first drink.
The Big Book calls our logic the philosophy of a man who, having a headache, beats himself with a hammer to forget the pain.
#sobersky #odaat #addiction
The Big Book calls our logic the philosophy of a man who, having a headache, beats himself with a hammer to forget the pain.
#sobersky #odaat #addiction
Delusion, illusion, or obsession, the problem is in our minds. Alcoholism is a mental illness—not just stinking thinking, not just the voices—but the terrifying inability to remember our suffering or stop ourselves from repeating it.
#sobersky #odaat #addiction
#sobersky #odaat #addiction
November 6, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Delusion, illusion, or obsession, the problem is in our minds. Alcoholism is a mental illness—not just stinking thinking, not just the voices—but the terrifying inability to remember our suffering or stop ourselves from repeating it.
#sobersky #odaat #addiction
#sobersky #odaat #addiction
Alcoholics get all tangled up over inviting God in when, really, we’re just getting fear out.
#spirituality #recovery #nofear
#spirituality #recovery #nofear
November 1, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Alcoholics get all tangled up over inviting God in when, really, we’re just getting fear out.
#spirituality #recovery #nofear
#spirituality #recovery #nofear
Our brokenness, our scars, our past experiences, they don't make us any less worthy. They make us who we are.
#recovery #odaat #addiction
#recovery #odaat #addiction
November 1, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Our brokenness, our scars, our past experiences, they don't make us any less worthy. They make us who we are.
#recovery #odaat #addiction
#recovery #odaat #addiction
November 1, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Recovery love sees us at our worst and remembers what it was like to be there, too.
It comes through strangers who know us better than we know ourselves—strangers who see through our lies, hear the words we can’t say, and understand our pain because it was theirs.
#recovery #odaat #love
It comes through strangers who know us better than we know ourselves—strangers who see through our lies, hear the words we can’t say, and understand our pain because it was theirs.
#recovery #odaat #love
October 5, 2025 at 8:49 PM
The idea of life without alcohol was terrifying.
If alcohol were responsible for every aspect of me—my thoughts, feelings, beliefs, behavior, and character—who would I be without it?
#sobersky #recovery #odaat
#readingcommunity #writingcommunity
substack.com/@lisatannert
If alcohol were responsible for every aspect of me—my thoughts, feelings, beliefs, behavior, and character—who would I be without it?
#sobersky #recovery #odaat
#readingcommunity #writingcommunity
substack.com/@lisatannert
August 18, 2025 at 3:58 PM
The idea of life without alcohol was terrifying.
If alcohol were responsible for every aspect of me—my thoughts, feelings, beliefs, behavior, and character—who would I be without it?
#sobersky #recovery #odaat
#readingcommunity #writingcommunity
substack.com/@lisatannert
If alcohol were responsible for every aspect of me—my thoughts, feelings, beliefs, behavior, and character—who would I be without it?
#sobersky #recovery #odaat
#readingcommunity #writingcommunity
substack.com/@lisatannert
Delusion, illusion, or obsession, the problem is in our minds.
Alcoholism is a mental illness—not just stinking thinking, not just the voices—but the terrifying inability to remember our suffering or stop ourselves from repeating it.
#sobersky #recovery #odaat #mentalhealthmatters
Alcoholism is a mental illness—not just stinking thinking, not just the voices—but the terrifying inability to remember our suffering or stop ourselves from repeating it.
#sobersky #recovery #odaat #mentalhealthmatters
August 17, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Delusion, illusion, or obsession, the problem is in our minds.
Alcoholism is a mental illness—not just stinking thinking, not just the voices—but the terrifying inability to remember our suffering or stop ourselves from repeating it.
#sobersky #recovery #odaat #mentalhealthmatters
Alcoholism is a mental illness—not just stinking thinking, not just the voices—but the terrifying inability to remember our suffering or stop ourselves from repeating it.
#sobersky #recovery #odaat #mentalhealthmatters
One is one too many; one more is never enough.
1980 – the party is on!
1987 – 1st AA meeting
1992 - lost everything
1993 – first rehab
1994 - 2nd rehab and so on...
2001 - lost everything again
2004 – last rehab (DOS 10/08/04)
#sobersky
#writingcommunity #readingcommunity
substack.com/@lisatannert
1980 – the party is on!
1987 – 1st AA meeting
1992 - lost everything
1993 – first rehab
1994 - 2nd rehab and so on...
2001 - lost everything again
2004 – last rehab (DOS 10/08/04)
#sobersky
#writingcommunity #readingcommunity
substack.com/@lisatannert
August 17, 2025 at 3:56 PM
One is one too many; one more is never enough.
1980 – the party is on!
1987 – 1st AA meeting
1992 - lost everything
1993 – first rehab
1994 - 2nd rehab and so on...
2001 - lost everything again
2004 – last rehab (DOS 10/08/04)
#sobersky
#writingcommunity #readingcommunity
substack.com/@lisatannert
1980 – the party is on!
1987 – 1st AA meeting
1992 - lost everything
1993 – first rehab
1994 - 2nd rehab and so on...
2001 - lost everything again
2004 – last rehab (DOS 10/08/04)
#sobersky
#writingcommunity #readingcommunity
substack.com/@lisatannert
Recovery is about integrating our past—not erasing it—and embracing every part of ourselves.
It’s knowing our darkest secrets can become our greatest assets and that sharing them offers hope to others.
#sobersky #writingcommunity #readingcommunity
substack.com/@lisatannert
It’s knowing our darkest secrets can become our greatest assets and that sharing them offers hope to others.
#sobersky #writingcommunity #readingcommunity
substack.com/@lisatannert
August 16, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Recovery is about integrating our past—not erasing it—and embracing every part of ourselves.
It’s knowing our darkest secrets can become our greatest assets and that sharing them offers hope to others.
#sobersky #writingcommunity #readingcommunity
substack.com/@lisatannert
It’s knowing our darkest secrets can become our greatest assets and that sharing them offers hope to others.
#sobersky #writingcommunity #readingcommunity
substack.com/@lisatannert
Losing the #power of #choice over a drug doesn’t just mean one can’t stop using it — it often means one can’t consistently make sound or healthy decisions in any domain of life.
#Recovery isn’t just about quitting the substance — it’s about regaining the #freedom to choose again.
#sobersky #odaat
#Recovery isn’t just about quitting the substance — it’s about regaining the #freedom to choose again.
#sobersky #odaat
August 10, 2025 at 4:20 PM
People assume alcoholics drink to cope with emotional problems and become addicted, but the opposite is true. It starts with physiology, not psychology.
#sobersky #mentalhealth #recovery #odaat
#sobersky #mentalhealth #recovery #odaat
August 5, 2025 at 1:17 PM
People assume alcoholics drink to cope with emotional problems and become addicted, but the opposite is true. It starts with physiology, not psychology.
#sobersky #mentalhealth #recovery #odaat
#sobersky #mentalhealth #recovery #odaat
An abnormal physiological reaction to alcohol leads to increasing psychological problems.
We don’t understand why we can’t stop, why we’re sacrificing all the things that matter most, and this leads to ever-increasing emotional turmoil.
But the effect is not the cause.
#sobersky #recovery
We don’t understand why we can’t stop, why we’re sacrificing all the things that matter most, and this leads to ever-increasing emotional turmoil.
But the effect is not the cause.
#sobersky #recovery
August 4, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Reposted by Lisa Tannert
January 7, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Being loved by others, especially in our lowest moments, reshapes our understanding of worth.
#recoverylove #sobersky
#recoverylove #sobersky
July 14, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Being loved by others, especially in our lowest moments, reshapes our understanding of worth.
#recoverylove #sobersky
#recoverylove #sobersky
Every cell in our bodies depends on alcohol to function by the time it turns on us.
#soberysky
#soberysky
July 14, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Every cell in our bodies depends on alcohol to function by the time it turns on us.
#soberysky
#soberysky
July 14, 2025 at 8:23 AM
We look inward to heal, yet healing shows itself in how we turn outward, shifting our focus from self to service, from image to humility, from resistance to surrender.
#sobersky #surrender
#sobersky #surrender
July 14, 2025 at 1:44 AM
We look inward to heal, yet healing shows itself in how we turn outward, shifting our focus from self to service, from image to humility, from resistance to surrender.
#sobersky #surrender
#sobersky #surrender
Once we are willing to show up and accept what is offered freely, we begin to heal.
#willingness #sobersky
#willingness #sobersky
July 14, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Once we are willing to show up and accept what is offered freely, we begin to heal.
#willingness #sobersky
#willingness #sobersky
The Sacred in the Ordinary
And the Radical Act of Receiving
open.substack.com
July 10, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Forgive yourself! You were sick. Thinking you're so much worse than everyone else is a form of arrogance. Let yourself off the hook. You're here now, no better, no worse than any of us. We love you!
#sobersky
#sobersky
June 6, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Forgive yourself! You were sick. Thinking you're so much worse than everyone else is a form of arrogance. Let yourself off the hook. You're here now, no better, no worse than any of us. We love you!
#sobersky
#sobersky