This past recent weekend I took a trip to beautiful Austin, Texas. I wanted to get out of town and away from everything that felt the same. It was as if my days had all been rolling into one. This was the first trip I'd taken since the beginning of the lockdown. During that first trip, I brought my kids to help create some excitement. This time my kids were at their dad’s place … [Read more...]

This was me in high school. Intoxicated and who knows what else was flowing through my body. I’m ashamed of this girl...Looking back now I’m not sure how I’m still alive today. Spending most of my days drunk, skipping school to hang out with my “friends,” who were just as equally intoxicated. Then continuing the party into the night until the early hours of the morning. Going … [Read more...]

The following is an text adaptation of Chris Scott's "solo-cast" on The Elevation Recovery Podcast. You can listen to this episode here. What is “Early Recovery?” The term is somewhat subjective, and everyone has different recovery timelines. But I think of it generally as the first few weeks or months without alcohol or drugs in which we still feel unbalanced and fragile, … [Read more...]

Video Transcription [Start of Audio] [00:00] Hey guys, Chris Scott here. In today's short video I want to talk about something I call the Hierarchy of Recovery. I want to discuss how it can help you quit drinking by helping you to re-conceptualize what you're doing and figure out which things to focus on first. Before I begin, I'll say that this hierarchy is loosely adapted … [Read more...]

Video Transcription [Start of Audio] [00:00] Hey guys, Chris Scott here. I want to make a quick video about what I consider to be the three secrets to quitting drinking and beating alcoholism. Honestly, I don't like the word ‘alcoholism.’ I don't refer to myself as an alcoholic (or anyone for that matter). It’s just a word that we have, and I don't have a good replacement. … [Read more...]

The following article was written by an amazing young woman named Tana, who endured a LOT before enrolling in my online course months ago. Like many people, Tana felt somewhat reluctant to share her story. I'm extremely proud of her for allowing other people to benefit from her perspective. I will let Tana speak for herself, but I will say that her hard-won victory is a … [Read more...]

A few months ago, I received an email from a clearly intelligent person. He thanked me for the information provided on Fit Recovery. He said that he had read every article. Then, he listed a large number of unrelated reasons that the strategies on Fit Recovery would never work for him. He said that this bummed him out, because he was also sure that AA would not work for him, … [Read more...]

As physical addiction to alcohol progresses, often imperceptibly, we begin to manufacture rationalizations for why we need to drink in the first place. We fill our minds with reasons that seem absurd in retrospect. In the video below, I'll give my thoughts on a particular rationalization that stuck with me for years: I thought that I needed to drink in order to spark my … [Read more...]

In this video, I'll discuss the evening routine that I began after I quit drinking. For years, I would get home from work, open a bottle of alcohol, and sit in front of the TV. I would do this even if I had just spent an entire evening out eating and drinking with my friends. I knew that when I finally quit, I could not simply come home and sit in front of my TV, empty … [Read more...]

This website began as an attempt to motivate people who could relate to the horrors of my heavy-drinking my past. I had no idea that my newfound mission would eventually turn my old "real jobs" into mere stepping stones. That this ultimately came to pass is still surreal to me. My former careers - mostly in finance, with a brief stint in technology - had seemed like the most … [Read more...]