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Amanda Dougherty

@taureamil

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Forest mother(PA)
artist
📷 photog
Sculpting, tattoo design, sensuality, drawing, painting, spirit, lifestyle
neurodivergent
Pan🩷💛💙/ambi
Cali sober

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We've been together 4 years today. It wasnt easy. Everything in the world tried to stop it but instead pushed us closer together. We became completely different people over the last year alone. Leaving entire social circles and habits behind to build better. Sleeping next to me through hospital stays and handling what I cant through autoimmune health. All the small ways we anticipate what the other needs and how we spend our time together matters more than anything money could ever buy. Im so grateful for this. It was never luck, we worked hard for this. by @taureamil

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18 days ago

Happy 11th birthday Lady Bear and 500 days sober for me! by @taureamil

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25 days ago

Ive been sculpting again and Im starting holiday gifts earlier this year. Only taking a couple customs at a time with deposits. @the_crone_home by @taureamil

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Last night was our first concert back since getting sober well over a year ago. It was the first day in months I wore make up. And my first attempt at managing health symptoms in public. Between compression socks and other pain management I managed to stay on my feet without fainting and danced tame enough im not in too much pain today. I couldnt be happier with how the night went. @rksbandofficial keeps me gay and sober 🤘
Best time with good people... Mitch, Shareem, Ravyn, and Bailey. 🫶 by @taureamil

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a month ago

I made some quick Fortnite sprites by request for the kids. Im about to start a few more. I sculpted them from cosclay and painted them with acrylic paint. 🫶

#fortnite #sprites #gaming #sculpture #cosclay by @taureamil

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a month ago

Happy spooky season and recovery month. 🖤🔮🧙‍♀️🦇🕸⏳️⚰️🪦💪

#taphophile #cemetery #recovery #spookyseason #sober by @taureamil

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2 months ago

Spent the whole summer only with family and my close girlfriends. I skipped out on a lot of my usual summer activities but made up for it in growth. Reminder: I live by vampire rules and pretty much only go where Im invited. I only picked up my camera once to photograph my bestie but I did a lot of my other arts I had put aside over the years. Didnt realize all the negativity I left behind until now. I cant post all the kid stuff but we definitely had a blast and I kept teaching over the summer a good bit. Especially with the world right now I felt it was very important to have certain conversations with my son. I spent a lot of time with my neurodivergent/sober/mental health recovery friends/women/mom's. When you have constant creativity you realize how many man made rules are limiting all of us. And Ive started finding ways to get us all together to keep building. But on the plus side little girls steal my number from their mom's phones so they can text me and thats what matters to me. 🥰🥰🥰 By the end of it, I watched a ton of red flags drop off on their own. Wishing everyone great health and common sense this next season. by @taureamil

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2 months ago

August has been a month. Started with the water heater busting and our electric not being updated enough to run the new one. We've been boiling water for weeks but its ok it could be worse. Then the internet stopped and they wont send anyone for 7 days so nothing works. Again, could be worse. Then tornado winds brought a tree down on the house. Could have been way worse. Im grateful none of these things were but also can we please catch a break. I cant keep up with trying to afford life. Lady Bear alone is $400 a month. Little glimmer of light though. My son insisted on learning to give Lady Bear her insulin injections. Hes always learning and helping. Im so proud of my capability lately to go with the flow and stay motivated. I wish I were the type to ask for help but I just need a hug. Hope everyone else is managing well. I miss life before reality became what it is. Everyone needs a hug. 🫶 by @taureamil

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2 months ago

My person is 1 year sober today! I sculpted a pretty cemetery to say goodbye to old reckless us. Theres a beautiful story in all of this for us and Im incredibly proud of him for dancing through that door. Theres a lot to say about choices, mistakes, trauma, and mental health but for today we celebrate. We are both officially passed our first year and already different people. Thank you friends and family for being supportive! 🫶

#sobriety #recoveryispossible #artistsoninstagram #sculpture #handmade by @taureamil

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2 months ago

When someone jokingly asks me to draw something ridiculous and now this thing exists. 🤷‍♀️🥸

#artist #drawing #sketchbook #prismacolor #trippy by @taureamil

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3 months ago

July was for intentional family, friends and physical health recovery. I hit 444 days sober on the full moon and wrote a little for myself. The moon did what she was supposed to.

"It's awesome seeing real me again. I should have never tried to cover it up with substances. I like who I am way better. I feel too empathetic for social groups or most of society and culture. I have nothing to perform. I feel grateful for all the mistakes that got me here. I'd have less character and intelligence if I hadn't had the experiences. Going into layers of issues, years of struggle, not seeing the problem until its looking me in the face from the eyes of the person I love and they dont even recognize you, leaving, not going backward, and bringing my person with me, restarting with nothing multiple times, and making every difficult decision that moves me. Can't say I don't commit to what I care about. I remember all the words I swallowed to keep a seat at tables I didn't even enjoy being at. I'd rather be seen than kept. I'd like to know how bright this light can get. I stopped caring who doesnt show up for me anymore and keep my focus on who does. I stopped caring who never asked for my side of a story. They show lack of integrity and I won't be associated with that anymore. The moment I felt the extreme anxiety I should have left and never went back in certain rooms. When I finally did leave I became more capable of seeing the strategies people have used to get to my useful qualities. I don't miss it. Im grateful the disrespect saved me from staying. Im not putting myself out again for a little while still. Ive built better habits and qualities, formed new opinions, started to physically get stronger, and I stay observant." by @taureamil

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3 months ago

I had to make my own long hair version of the girl that makes videos trying to get people to get a bob haircut. Had spare time to be a menace on the internet this week I guess. If you dont know just search Miss Diva Bob for her version then laugh with me. 🤣

#bobcut #longhair #comedy #humor by @taureamil

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