Rebecca Rush, Author at Workit Health

Call Me Bisexual

Content warning: This piece includes non-graphic references to sexual assault and emotional abuse, as experienced and witnessed by the author. There are many labels I

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One Simple Trick for Managing My Cell Phone Addiction

Can’t put your phone down all day? Try 30 minutes without it in the morning to reset your phone addiction. The pandemic exacerbated my phone

A game spinner titled "As the Love Meter." Unhealthy relationships in sobriety

When Your Picker Is Still Broken: How I Found Myself Dating A Toxic Narcissist At Three Years Sober

Being in recovery doesn’t make us immune to bad decisions or unhealthy relationships. Here are some of the lessons and insights I’ve learned from my

Young person holding a speech bubble. Connecting with your inner adolescent

Working With My Inner Adolescent Helped My Recovery

Delving into parts work helped me resolve some self-sabotaging behaviors and start to have fun again. In the space between Delta and Omicron, stand-up comedy

Woman squeezing a plush heart in her hands. Co-dependent relationships with addicts

When Your Friend Is Addicted … To Addicts

Content warning: This piece describes dangerous and/or triggering situations, as experienced and witnessed by the author. B stood by a sand dune in Watch Hill,

Paper cutouts of a family holding hands, with cracked glass centered over mother and daughter. Adult child of an alcoholic

Going No Contact With My Mother Was The Best Thing For My Recovery—Until It Wasn’t.

Content warning: This piece describes emotional abuse and sexual assault, as experienced by the author. My recovery began before I put down substances, with therapy,

Figure of a doctor beside a patient in a hospital bed. Post-surgery medication and addiction recovery

Pain Medication After Surgery and How It Affected My Recovery

My reaction to pain medication after surgery reminded me that recovery is something I cannot do alone. A “freelapse” is a term in some recovery

Dry, cracked earth of an empty river bed. Intermittent reinforcement.

Intermittent Reinforcement: Why We Keep Going to a Dry Creek Bed Looking for Water

Towards the end of my drinking, I went out to a bar near my apartment with a book and a plan to have two glasses

Happy, Joyous, and Single in Recovery

I haven’t dated in a really long time. You’re not supposed to date in your first year of sobriety. I was in my first year

What Does it Mean to Be Financially Sober?

A few months ago, comedian John Mulaney entered rehab. Numerous comedians in my Twitter feed posted things like, “I wish him a speedy recovery.” That

Five young men jumping in an arc. Five friends you make in recovery

The Five Friends You Make In Sobriety

When Rebecca Rush was drinking and using, she only had one type of friend – the kind that would put up with me. Now she has so many. She identified five archetypes of friendships that we all make – or solidify – once we are truly on the path to recovery.