Recovery Disco with Valentine Darling

Valentine Darling is a nonbinary, nerodivergent queer in recovery from chronic homelessness, mental health challenges, childhood sexual trauma, self harm, substance use issues, the gender binary, and toxic relationships. Valentine’s recovery journey started 13 years ago when they began to heal from childhood trauma and abuse. Valentine was able to achieve sobriety using the tools and resources they learned in previous recovery processes. Valentine has found that there is no one specific way to recover and we dive into that more today. Valentine says: "There is no perfect one size fits all program. Instead, there are many different programs and communities, all with their strengths and faults." Listen as I discuss this and more in today's episode with Valentine Darling. Connect with Valentine on IG @recovery.disco Book Recommendations: The Biology of Desire- Marc Lewis Many Roads, One Journey- Charlotte Kasl Get your TSD merch at www.thesobrietydiaries.com The Sobriety Diaries is a video podcast where we share powerful stories of recovery told by those who lived them. You can find us wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts with new episodes every Wednesday, subscribe now! Please share our show with just 1 person in your life who may be struggling, you just never know what they may need to hear today. Also, please consider donating to The Sobriety Diaries here: https://www.thesobrietydiaries.com/support/  Your donations help us to source the best stories from around the world and keep the show going! Follow us on Instagram @thesobrietydiariespod Find all things TSD related and join our insiders list at www.thesobrietydiaries.com Exact Nature- Use code “TSD20” for 20% off your order at www.exactnature.com Music: www.bensound.com Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sobriety-diaries/id1570033658?uo=4 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0aKbMuMUb2jjTkBBD41Mhm Google Podcasts: https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy81YjYzNDVkOC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw== Anchor: https://anchor.fm/sobrietydiaries Radio Public: https://radiopublic.com/the-sobriety-diaries-Wa0nBA PocketCasts: https://pca.st/6i505fmy Try your best not to drink, and be good to yourself! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sobrietydiaries/message