Daily Reflections

Meeting People Inside The Feed There’s an uncomfortable truth at the center of the work we’re doing at Collectors MD. The very platforms we use

A New Addiction Crisis Over the past year, I’ve sat in dozens of calls and meetings with councils, coalitions, recovery organizations, treatment centers, technology platforms,

Gratitude In The Noise On this Thanksgiving, I find myself overwhelmed with genuine gratitude—from the bottom of my heart—for this growing community and every single

Feeling Guilty For Hurting When The World Is Hurting There’s a subtle feeling of guilt that shows up for a lot of people in recovery.

Paying It Forward Step twelve is often talked about as service, but for me it was survival. It wasn’t something I arrived at early in

When Collecting Becomes The Substitute One of the hardest truths to accept in recovery—of any kind—is that sobriety doesn’t automatically rewire the brain. For many

Closure Without Permission There’s a hard truth many of us eventually face in recovery: not every wound we caused will be forgiven. Not every person

The Disclaimer Dilemma There is a quiet tension that lives inside purpose-driven work—between purity and progression, between what looks good and what actually reaches the

Super Bowl Sunday Today is a day many of us, not just sports fans, have been anticipating and looking forward to for months; one of

Practicing Step Work Step work is one of those phrases that gets thrown around a lot in recovery spaces. It can start to sound abstract,

Getting Comfortable With Being Uncomfortable There’s a moment most people try to avoid at all costs—the moment when discomfort shows up and there’s nothing immediate

Consistency Without Collapse Leading a movement like Collectors MD requires a level of consistency that doesn’t always come naturally. The work is steady, often invisible,