ChefPriest
@priest74.bsky.social
Chef de Partie at a private residential recovery center. Husband, father, grandfather, writer, avid reader, mental health and addiction recovery advocate.
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Maybe thinking this way and saying it out loud isn’t always the “right” thing to do. But without an emotional anchor, life becomes genuinely hard to navigate.
January 21, 2026 at 11:10 AM
Maybe thinking this way and saying it out loud isn’t always the “right” thing to do. But without an emotional anchor, life becomes genuinely hard to navigate.
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Everybody Wants to Rule the World is definitely the best grocery store song. One of the few songs you can basically hear any time any place and not mind
January 21, 2026 at 3:13 AM
Everybody Wants to Rule the World is definitely the best grocery store song. One of the few songs you can basically hear any time any place and not mind
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More like War-a-Lago, amirite?
January 21, 2026 at 10:01 AM
More like War-a-Lago, amirite?
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The restless wind
Has seen all things
In every kind of light
Rising with the full moon
To go howling through the night
The sleepless wind
Has heard all things
Between the sea and sky
In the canyons of the city
You can hear the buildings cry…
Happy Willowdale Wednesday #RushFamily 🐰💗
Has seen all things
In every kind of light
Rising with the full moon
To go howling through the night
The sleepless wind
Has heard all things
Between the sea and sky
In the canyons of the city
You can hear the buildings cry…
Happy Willowdale Wednesday #RushFamily 🐰💗
January 21, 2026 at 10:40 AM
The restless wind
Has seen all things
In every kind of light
Rising with the full moon
To go howling through the night
The sleepless wind
Has heard all things
Between the sea and sky
In the canyons of the city
You can hear the buildings cry…
Happy Willowdale Wednesday #RushFamily 🐰💗
Has seen all things
In every kind of light
Rising with the full moon
To go howling through the night
The sleepless wind
Has heard all things
Between the sea and sky
In the canyons of the city
You can hear the buildings cry…
Happy Willowdale Wednesday #RushFamily 🐰💗
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Oblivious is a way of life.
January 20, 2026 at 8:53 PM
Oblivious is a way of life.
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there is no reason to be a people pleaser. people are never pleased.
January 20, 2026 at 10:07 PM
there is no reason to be a people pleaser. people are never pleased.
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January 21, 2026 at 7:05 AM
If you love her, give her your speedway reward points.
January 21, 2026 at 6:58 AM
If you love her, give her your speedway reward points.
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It’s all so stupid. Stupid people being stupid. Stupid.
January 20, 2026 at 10:30 PM
It’s all so stupid. Stupid people being stupid. Stupid.
Some of us don't have to ask for nudes. We don't even have to suggest such a thing. They might not be the nudes we're looking for, but we get em anyway.
January 21, 2026 at 6:51 AM
Some of us don't have to ask for nudes. We don't even have to suggest such a thing. They might not be the nudes we're looking for, but we get em anyway.
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Who knew that one day we’d go to bed and wake up sore the rest of our lives
January 21, 2026 at 1:40 AM
Who knew that one day we’d go to bed and wake up sore the rest of our lives
I don't know if she's talking to angels or not, but she's definitely talking to someone who isn't there.
January 21, 2026 at 6:46 AM
I don't know if she's talking to angels or not, but she's definitely talking to someone who isn't there.
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If you love someone, feed them. People like to eat.
January 21, 2026 at 2:45 AM
If you love someone, feed them. People like to eat.
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There is no way I would ever care about the Olympics. I won’t watch it, however, if I am somewhere where it is on I will gladly be cheering for any American athlete to lose. Knowingly choosing to fly that flag right now is pathetic to me. I don’t care how long you trained.
January 21, 2026 at 3:44 AM
There is no way I would ever care about the Olympics. I won’t watch it, however, if I am somewhere where it is on I will gladly be cheering for any American athlete to lose. Knowingly choosing to fly that flag right now is pathetic to me. I don’t care how long you trained.
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Almost every day in trauma recovery is going to be a mixed bag. There'll be moments you feel a little better, & moments you feel like garbage. Our goal here isn't some fantasy of never feeling sh*tty. You just focus on feeling .01% clearer & safer today.
No pressure, no rush.
No pressure, no rush.
January 21, 2026 at 5:19 AM
Almost every day in trauma recovery is going to be a mixed bag. There'll be moments you feel a little better, & moments you feel like garbage. Our goal here isn't some fantasy of never feeling sh*tty. You just focus on feeling .01% clearer & safer today.
No pressure, no rush.
No pressure, no rush.
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fave childhood snack: pb&j
fave adult snack: pb&j with tums
fave adult snack: pb&j with tums
January 21, 2026 at 5:32 AM
fave childhood snack: pb&j
fave adult snack: pb&j with tums
fave adult snack: pb&j with tums
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Look, it's simple. We just want the worst person in the world to die
January 21, 2026 at 5:10 AM
Look, it's simple. We just want the worst person in the world to die
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So maybe what you offer, what you think about, what you can do well-- maybe brilliantly-- isn't what the people who raised you valued or were even capable of seeing. That DOESN'T mean you lack value or potential. It means you need to find your people & place.
No more; no less.
No more; no less.
January 21, 2026 at 5:21 AM
So maybe what you offer, what you think about, what you can do well-- maybe brilliantly-- isn't what the people who raised you valued or were even capable of seeing. That DOESN'T mean you lack value or potential. It means you need to find your people & place.
No more; no less.
No more; no less.
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Adulting is when you decide to buy an extra laundry bin to put clean clothes in instead of putting them away.
January 20, 2026 at 2:49 PM
Adulting is when you decide to buy an extra laundry bin to put clean clothes in instead of putting them away.
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PSA:
Ginzu knives do not, in fact, cut through everything.
They do not slice a days-old bagel refreshed with a damp towel in the microwave before toasting. They smash that bagel into racetrack shaped puck.
Ginzu knives do not, in fact, cut through everything.
They do not slice a days-old bagel refreshed with a damp towel in the microwave before toasting. They smash that bagel into racetrack shaped puck.
January 21, 2026 at 3:43 AM
PSA:
Ginzu knives do not, in fact, cut through everything.
They do not slice a days-old bagel refreshed with a damp towel in the microwave before toasting. They smash that bagel into racetrack shaped puck.
Ginzu knives do not, in fact, cut through everything.
They do not slice a days-old bagel refreshed with a damp towel in the microwave before toasting. They smash that bagel into racetrack shaped puck.
Today at work I received a small envelope with no return address, only my work address and at the bottom 'attn: Priest'. I opened to find a card that said "Thank You" on the outside. On the inside, scribbled in jagged letters: I wanted you to know you were on my gratitude list today.
Signed, A.
Signed, A.
One of our residents is an older gentleman, the doppelganger of author Frank McCourt. Always with a ready smile and a kind word, he and I became instant friends. He'll be moving on very soon, and I will miss him dearly, and I told him so as I wrapped my arms around him this evening.
Godspeed, A.
Godspeed, A.
January 21, 2026 at 6:10 AM
Today at work I received a small envelope with no return address, only my work address and at the bottom 'attn: Priest'. I opened to find a card that said "Thank You" on the outside. On the inside, scribbled in jagged letters: I wanted you to know you were on my gratitude list today.
Signed, A.
Signed, A.
If only it would've crashed and sunk over the Atlantic.
January 21, 2026 at 5:51 AM
If only it would've crashed and sunk over the Atlantic.
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Jan 2026 so far got me feeling like:
January 20, 2026 at 11:02 AM
Jan 2026 so far got me feeling like:
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KY | People battling addiction hired as new staff for Crystal's Country Diner's 2nd location
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People battling addiction hired as new staff for Crystal’s Country Diner’s 2nd location
The former bar now offers home cooking alongside second chances for men and women rebuilding their lives after drug and alcohol addiction.
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January 21, 2026 at 3:00 AM
KY | People battling addiction hired as new staff for Crystal's Country Diner's 2nd location
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