Author: Mary Wise

Mary Wise is a writer, activist, and public health change-maker who uses her expertise in substance use, trauma, and maternal behavioral health to leap tall buildings in a single bound and periodically run 26.2 miles. In her spare time, you can find her hunting for dead bodies in the woods or taking really bad, not-insta-worthy photos of her two teens and their two dogs disguised as cats.

Living my best sober life isn’t just about staying grounded, improving myself, and having sober fun. It’s also about respecting and loving my body, mind, and spirit. It’s about running towards myself and with myself, not away, not trying to escape the experience of living. Nothing could revive my whole self the way road races have, like the Philadelphia Love Run Half Marathon (13.1 miles) I just raced in April. There’s something magical about the whole experience, from training through to the finish line and even as I hobble on painful legs into the Coffee Corner for my after-race brunch…

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