They say the only constant in life is change, and boy has the last season of my life been a masterclass in it. After a period of silence here at Beyond the Bottle, I am so incredibly happy to say: I'm back.
However I'm not just coming back to where we left off, I'm coming back with a clearer and new vision, a healthier mind and lifestyle, and a brand new mission.
Lately, life threw some heavy headlines my way. Between navigating some extremely complex health issues, which will hopefully out to be manageable such as, discovering there is a hole in my skull from an injury that happened at some point in my life. Also, I wish to address something, despite whatever rumor mill maybe going around. I also have developed Monoclonal gammopathy, which is a form of a pre-cancerous disease, and a heart issue, which I address in April.
I am a fighter. I have perseverance, and honestly I have had so many people try to bring me down and throw so much my way, I never give up. I keep my spirits high. I just don't quit. I will admit. I almost threw the towel in on Beyond the Bottle.
A doctor that I was referred to see tripled a dose of medication I was on (for no reason other than getting paid off of the script) and I had gained 30 pounds with in roughly 2 months. I had fallen into depression.
My body wasn't passing fluids. I had no energy. I had no go. That was the words I kept using to my fiancé. "I just have no go." One day I finally returned to my primary care doctor, and we are just trying to rack our brains to figure out the weight issue due to concerns for my heart, because I can't get into the heart doctor until April. Finally he sees this other woman doctor has tripled this medication. He researched the price of the medication. Does research on the stock market. He sees what she's getting paid to write the script.
He was LIVID. Unfortunately, it's not a medicine you can quit cold turkey. You must wean off of it. So he has slowly been cutting me back off the medicine, and I have lost some weight, been walking, jogging, drinking water, and feeling so much better. I have lost the brain fog and been feeling my self again.
My confidence is coming back and I no longer feel like a trapped up zombie who wouldn't leave the house. It was terrible. So in a sense, I've had to go through a personal "recovery" all over again the past 2 months.
Alright, so the changes. I want to take Beyond the Bottle in different directions. It will still have a recovery based foundation and support for recovery always, because that is what has saved my life and brought me where I am today, and made me who I am today. However, *drum roll please* I'm back in college again now, and I'm going for my bachelor's of arts in communications. What I wish to do with that degree, well you will just have to wait and find out! Anyways, I want to start turning Beyond the Bottle into more of a blog and current events update site. Ever since the Epstein files I have been absolutely pissed, and it's time to expose the raw and unpolished truth.
Beyond the Bottle is growing up. I am evolving into a media outlet that focuses on recovery, advocacy, and current events. We're going to talk about the hard stuff, and look at the hard stuff through the lens of transparency and collective healing, and try to put it back together piece by piece. Why? BECAUSE THIS COUNTRY NEEDS ANSWERS AND NEEDS TO HEAL. NO MORE RED VS. BLUE. IT NEEDS TO BE BACK TO RED WHITE AND BLUE!
Oh, and did I mention, I am debating on starting a podcast.
Thank you all for waiting on me, and believing in me. I'm doing great in school, I'm feeling stronger every day, and I'm more motivated than ever to make this platform a light for anyone finding their way out of the dark.
LET'S GET TO WORK!
-Steph!
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