Season 3 Episode 19 with CiCi Reagan

Today, Alex and Lisa chat CiCi Reagan about her addiction to alcohol and how it has impacted her life, her journey to sobriety and how she uses this to helps others through her writing. TRIGGER WARNING: This conversation contains emotional and difficult topics regarding abuse, grief and domestic violence. Cici believes that getting sober is just not drinking. Recovering is another animal. Cici realised that her drinking was a symptom of grieving for her mother and for masking the pain from systematic abuse she’d endured for 7 years. She started to release this pain through writing poetry, short stories, and journal entries during therapy. She wrote during panic attacks, for her 12 step program, for her therapist. She shared what she was going through. CiCi published a poetry anthology and started a community for people like her and has been sharing her story publicly since 2012. Cici believes if she can use her experiences and talents to help others, in a way, that makes what she’s been through worth it. Check out her website here: https://www.reaganeyes.com/ Link to her book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08MSSD6KH/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_5T3D0WJ03HPSYTB738AX?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1 Social media links: https://www.facebook.com/cici.reagan/ https://www.instagram.com/cicireagan/ Her free Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/writetohealfree The Write to Heal Community: https://www.reaganeyes.com/join-write-to-heal/ Please check out our website https://www.beesoberofficial.com. You can also check out the following link to find out more of what we are up to, you can sign up to our newsletter, join our Facebook group and subscribe to our YouTube channel - linktr.ee/beesober Season three is sponsored by IPHM, The International Practitioners of Holistic Medicine, an International Accreditation Board for Holistic, Complementary, Alternative, Beauty Therapists and Training Providers & Counsellors. Visit their website here for more information: https://www.iphm.co.uk/ Additional links: Nacoa: https://www.nacoa.org.uk/ AA https://aa.org/ Al Anon https://al-anon.org/ Domestic Violence UK: https://domesticviolenceuk.org/ Luna Courses: https://www.lunacourses.com/ Use code BEESOBER20 to receive £20 off any course over £50 15% off Nocktail use BEESOBER at checkout https://www.nocktail.com 10% off Noughty AF wine use BEESOBER10 at checkout https://thomsonandscott.com/products/noughty-alcohol-free-sparkling-wine Buy a range of AF drinks from The Dry Drinker https://scripts.affiliatefuture.com/AFClick.asp?affiliateID=348247&merchantID=7264&programmeID=26735&mediaID=-1&tracking=&url=