Being in the early stages of Chapter 3 Stigma I am playing around with layout and methods of content delivery. Let me know what you think by reaching out by responding to this newsletter or on Instagram.
Our first few weeks of being live have been nothing short of amazing. The personal messages that I have received are extremely energizing knowing that my vision for Chapter 3 Stigma is resonating with others. With every piece of content that I put out, I am writing or talking to my own self when I was at my lowest low - curled up in the basement going through the symptoms of a detox and wondering why I cannot break from the cycle and continually feeling controlled by this monster inside me.
If you know of someone that you think this could help, forward them the newsletter or any of the content. Chapter 3 Stigma is primarily going to be a word of mouth growth strategy, so your involvement will drive it’s reach. I came across a perfect summary of the vision for Chapter 3 Stigma this week that is located down in the Random Musings section.
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New Content
Blog
My Story: Crossing the Threshold
Telling the story of how I became an alcoholic and how the three driving forces of genetics, culture and trauma played a part in making me a life-long alcoholic.
Podcast
My Story: Crossing the Threshold - the audio version of the above post, joined by my wife, that really dives deep into my first 10 years of trying to control my alcoholism myself and the impact it had on our relationship.
Random Musings (Ideas that could develop into something more)
I cried going through a carwash. This is my life now. One of my 2 year old son’s favorite activities is the carwash. I went without him one night and realized how for the rest of my life, if I want to feel connected with him, I just have to go to the carwash. It made me think of what I have with my daughter Lucy. The only time I held my daughter before she passed away was Christmas day. Every time I hear a Christmas song or come to the Christmas season I get to have her with me. How lucky is that? I’m going to turn into one of those “Christmas starts the day after Halloween” people.
Long read: An incredible story of an alcoholic having a moment with a child on death’s door that changed his life. Thank you to reader RS for sharing.
At an AA meeting this week we read this and I realized this is the vision and entire ethos of Chapter 3 Stigma.
Highly competent psychiatrists who have dealt with us have found it sometimes impossible to persuade an alcoholic to discuss his situation without reserve. Strangely enough, wives, parents and intimate friends usually find us even more unapproachable than do the psychiatrist and the doctor.
But the ex-problem drinker who has found this solution, who is properly armed with facts about himself, can generally win the entire confidence of another alcoholic in a few hours. Until such an understanding is reached, little or nothing can be accomplished.
That’s all I’ve got. Love to you all.
Kyle