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Twenty Percent, Kansas City, MO (2026)

07/14/2026

🎬 Play the Tape Forward

One of the greatest gifts I brought home from Valley Hope wasn’t something I could hold in my hands. It was a simple phrase that has helped keep me sober for more than two years.

“Play the tape forward.”

When I was drinking, my brain only wanted to show me the highlight reel.

It would whisper, “Just have one. It’ll help you relax. It’ll quiet your mind. You’ll feel better.”

But addiction is a liar.

It never showed me what came after.

If I play the tape all the way through, I know exactly how my story ends.

One drink was never just one drink.

It was another… and another.

It was waking up filled with anxiety, guilt, and disappointment. It was breaking promises to myself. It was wondering how I had ended up back in the same place after telling myself, “Never again.”

When I walked through the doors at Valley Hope, I was exhausted. I was scared. And honestly, I didn’t know if I could ever live without alcohol.

But the counselors, therapists, and people in recovery taught me something that has changed my life forever.

Don’t make decisions based on the first five minutes.

Play the tape forward.

Today, when my brain occasionally tries to romanticize drinking, I don’t stop at that first imaginary sip. I keep watching.

I see everything I would lose.

I see the people who trust me.
I see the thousands of people who follow this page because they need hope.
I see the opportunity to walk into treatment centers every week and tell someone who’s sitting exactly where I once sat that recovery is possible.
I see the homeless dogs that still need someone to fight for them.
I see Leo.
I see the life that sobriety has given me.

Then I play a different tape.

The one where I don’t drink.

I wake up grateful instead of ashamed.
I remember every conversation.
I get another day to love the people around me.
I get another day to do work that gives my life purpose.

That tape has now played out for more than two years.

Not because I’m stronger than anyone else.

Because I learned that I don’t have to believe every thought my addiction puts in my head.

I just have to keep playing the tape forward.

If you’re struggling today, I want you to know something…

Don’t let your addiction convince you the story ends with that first drink.

And if recovery could change my life this dramatically, I truly believe it can change yours too.

❤️ Keep going. One day. One decision. One tape at a time.

My DMs are always open.

07/13/2026

The older I get, the more I realize that one of the greatest gifts we can give another person is simply letting them be who they are. ❤️

I’ve spent a lot of my life around people who were struggling. People in recovery. People dealing with anxiety, grief, or depression. People working in animal welfare who have seen things they can’t unsee. People who are just trying to make it through the day.

And I’ve learned something…

Everyone has something that lights them up.

For me, it’s dogs. It’s animal rescue. It’s Kansas City. It’s recovery. Get me started on any of those things and I can promise you, I’ll probably talk way too much. 😂

But that’s me.

So let people get excited. Let them tell the same story twice. Let them stumble over their words. Let them obsess over a TV show you’ve never watched. Let them talk about something you don’t completely understand.

I’ve spent enough of my life worrying about what other people thought of me. Today, I just want to be the kind of person who makes others feel safe enough to be themselves.

Because life is hard enough.

Let people shine. Even when what makes them shine isn’t your thing.

That’s kindness. ❤️

07/13/2026

WHO ARE YOU WITHOUT ALCOHOL?

That question hit me harder than I ever expected.

When I got sober, I thought my biggest job was simply to stop drinking.

I was wrong.

Because once the alcohol was gone, I had to figure out who the hell I was without it.

For years, alcohol was tangled into my identity. It was how I celebrated. How I relaxed. How I handled anxiety. How I buried grief. How I survived the hard days and convinced myself I was enjoying the good ones.

Then I got sober.

And suddenly… I had to meet myself.

I had to learn what I actually liked. What made me happy. What I believed in. Who I wanted around me. How to sit with uncomfortable feelings instead of drowning them.

And maybe the hardest part?

I had to accept that some pieces of the old me weren’t coming with me.

Recovery isn’t just about putting down the bottle.

It’s an identity crisis followed by a rebuilding project.

🧱 One honest day at a time.

Today, I’m still Scott.

I still love animals with everything I have. I still work too much. I still feel things deeply. I still have anxiety. I still have good days and really hard days.

But today, I know myself better.

I’m a person in recovery.
I’m a friend.
I’m an advocate.
I’m someone who shows up.
I’m someone who keeps going.

And for the first time in a very long time, I don’t need alcohol to tell me who I am.

If you’re newly sober and you feel a little lost right now, give yourself time.

You’re meeting yourself again.

And that person deserves a chance. ❤️

KEEP GOING.

My DMs are always open. 💙

07/12/2026

💊 LET’S TALK ABOUT MEDICATIONS THAT CAN HELP WITH ALCOHOL CRAVINGS.

I don’t think we talk about this enough in recovery.
When I got sober, I was willing to use every tool available to me. Treatment. Therapy. IOP. AA. A sponsor. Service work.

And yes… medication.

There are actually medications that may help people struggling with alcohol use disorder. Some can help reduce cravings. Some can make maintaining abstinence easier. Others act as a strong deterrent to drinking.

A few you may hear about:
💊 Naltrexone may help reduce the urge to drink and the rewarding effects associated with alcohol.
💊 Acamprosate (Campral) may help reduce cravings and make it easier to maintain abstinence after stopping alcohol.
💊 Disulfiram (Antabuse) works differently. If you drink alcohol while taking it, you can become very sick. For some people, that deterrent creates an extra layer of accountability.
I personally have experience with medication being part of my recovery journey, and I refuse to be embarrassed about that.

⚠️ PLEASE READ THIS PART: I am NOT a doctor, and this post is NOT medical advice. Do not start, stop, or change any medication based on a Facebook post. Talk openly and honestly with your doctor or an addiction medicine professional. These medications are not appropriate for everyone, and your medical history and other medications matter.

Medication isn’t “cheating.”
It doesn’t mean you’re weak.
And it doesn’t replace the work of recovery.

For some people, medication can simply quiet the cravings enough to give them a fighting chance to actually DO the work.
I share this because someone reading this may have absolutely no idea these options even exist.

Ask your doctor questions. Educate yourself. Be honest about how much you’re drinking.

There are more tools available than you may realize.

And if you’re struggling and don’t know where to start, my DMs are always open. ❤️
KEEP GOING. 💪❤️‍🩹

07/10/2026

Recovery Begins With Two Words:
“I Need Help.” 💔

Recovery has a way of teaching lessons that nothing else can.

One of the biggest is humility.

When I was drinking, I wanted to believe I could handle it on my own. I made excuses. I blamed circumstances. I convinced myself I was still in control, even when my life was clearly telling a different story.

Getting sober meant admitting something I never wanted to admit:

I couldn’t fix this by myself.

That wasn’t weakness. It was the first real act of strength.

Humility is walking into your first meeting and saying, “I need help.”

It’s listening instead of always talking.

It’s calling your sponsor before making a bad decision.

It’s apologizing to the people you’ve hurt without expecting forgiveness.

It’s accepting that recovery isn’t about proving how strong you are. It’s about staying teachable.

Even after two years of sobriety, I still need reminders. I still need my recovery community. I still need to keep my ego in check because addiction loves to whisper, “You’ve got this now.”

That’s usually when people get into trouble.

The day I think I have nothing left to learn is the day my recovery is in danger.

Humility doesn’t make you smaller. It gives you room to grow.

If you’re early in recovery, don’t be afraid to ask for help. Every person with years of sobriety started exactly where you are. None of us got here alone.

And if you’re struggling today, my DMs are always open. You don’t have to figure this out by yourself. ❤️

07/08/2026

Recovery changes lives. Today, Kansas City has another reason to be hopeful.

A huge congratulations to Welcome House Inc. as they prepare to open a new women’s rehabilitation facility. ❤️

For so many women battling addiction, the hardest part isn’t admitting they need help. It’s finding a safe place where they can begin again. This new facility will provide exactly that: hope, support, accountability, and the opportunity to build a brand new life.

As someone whose own life was completely transformed by recovery, I know firsthand that treatment isn’t just about getting sober. It’s about rediscovering who you are, healing relationships, finding purpose, and believing that your future can be different from your past.

Every new treatment bed represents another chance for someone to survive, recover, and one day help someone else.
Thank you to everyone at Welcome House Inc. for investing in the women of our community. Your work will save lives, strengthen families, and create countless stories of hope for years to come.
Kansas City is better because of organizations willing to say, “We’re not giving up on you.”

Please join me in congratulating Welcome House Inc. on this incredible milestone. 💜

If you’d like to support the new Welcome House Women’s program and help provide hope and recovery to women in our community, please consider making a donation.

Donate here: https://welcomehousekc.org/donate/

07/08/2026

This image is difficult to look at because it captures something many people in addiction understand all too well. Alcohol doesn’t always feel like a choice anymore. It can feel like a loaded weapon that you’re holding against yourself, even when every part of you wants to put it down.

My story wasn’t much different.

There came a point where drinking wasn’t about celebrating, relaxing, or having fun. It was about surviving the day. Every morning I’d tell myself, “Today’s the day I stop.” Then by evening, I’d convince myself I needed just one more drink. It was a cycle that felt impossible to escape.

Addiction is cruel because it slowly takes away your ability to recognize yourself. You know it’s destroying your health, your relationships, your peace of mind, and still you find yourself reaching for the very thing that’s causing the pain.

That’s why this image hits so hard.

Not because alcohol is a gun.

But because addiction can make it feel like you’re pulling the trigger on your own life, one drink at a time.

The good news is that this doesn’t have to be the ending.

Today, I’m over two years sober. I can say with complete honesty that the life I was desperately searching for at the bottom of a bottle was waiting for me on the other side of putting it down. Recovery gave me back my peace, my purpose, and the chance to become someone I actually like.

If this image feels personal to you, please know there is hope. There are people who understand exactly what you’re going through, and there is a way out.

My DMs are always open. If you’re struggling, or even just wondering if you might have a problem, reach out. You don’t have to figure it out alone. ❤️

07/06/2026

The animals aren’t the only ones who need saving. 🐾💔

Behind every rescued animal is a human heart — one that feels deeply, breaks often, and keeps going anyway. In the world of animal rescue, compassion is constant… but so is exhaustion.

Sleepless nights. Heart-wrenching decisions. Burnout. Grief. Guilt. It’s all part of this work — but it shouldn’t be carried alone.

🐶💬 Mental health matters in rescue.
You can’t pour from an empty cup, and you shouldn’t have to. If you’re in this field — volunteer, foster, shelter worker, vet tech, advocate — please know your pain is valid. Your care is real. And your wellness matters.

Let’s talk about it. Let’s check on each other. Let’s normalize therapy, rest, and setting boundaries — even in a field built on giving everything you’ve got.

Because saving animals shouldn’t mean losing yourself. 💚

Please follow Twenty Percent for free resource that may help.

07/05/2026

Lately I’ve been sitting with a feeling I can’t quite explain.

On paper, life is better than it’s been in a very long time.

I have more than two years of sobriety and a recovery program that has completely changed my life. I launched my dream business nine months ago, and it’s growing in ways I once only hoped for. I’m rebuilding relationships that addiction damaged. Some are healing quickly, others take more time, but they’re moving in the right direction.

I’m healthier. I’m more present. I’m becoming someone I’m genuinely proud to be.

And yet…

There’s this quiet feeling that something is still missing.

Not because I’m unhappy. Not because I’m ungrateful. I actually wake up excited about life most mornings.

It’s just that sometimes I wonder if this is a normal part of growth. Maybe when you spend years simply trying to survive, you don’t spend much time asking bigger questions. Then one day you aren’t fighting for your life anymore, and you’re left wondering, “Now what?”

Maybe it’s purpose evolving. Maybe it’s the next chapter trying to introduce itself before I’m ready to recognize it.

I don’t have the answer yet.

I’m curious if anyone else has ever felt this way. Have you ever reached a place where life was objectively good, but you still felt like there was an empty chair at the table and you couldn’t figure out who it was waiting for?

If you’ve been there, I’d love to hear what you discovered. Sometimes the best answers don’t come from having everything figured out. They come from honest conversations with people who’ve walked a similar road.

07/05/2026

One of the questions I get asked the most since getting sober is, “Are holidays a trigger for you?”

It’s a fair question. The Fourth of July. New Year’s Eve. Birthdays. Weddings. Those are the obvious ones.

But here’s what most people don’t realize.

When I was deep in my addiction, I didn’t need a holiday to justify a drink.

Monday was a trigger.

A stressful meeting was a trigger.

A great day was a trigger because I wanted to celebrate.

A bad day was a trigger because I wanted to escape.

Feeling anxious.
Feeling bored.
Feeling lonely.
Feeling excited.
Feeling nothing at all.

Alcohol didn’t care what day it was. It found a reason to show up for every emotion and every situation.

That’s why getting sober wasn’t about learning how to survive holidays. It was about learning how to live everyday life without reaching for a drink.

Today, I still enjoy holidays. I still celebrate. The difference is I get to remember them. I wake up without regret. I don’t spend the next morning trying to piece together conversations or wondering who I need to apologize to.

If you’re struggling, and you’re worried about an upcoming holiday, I want you to know something.

The holiday probably isn’t the real problem.

The good news is that if you can learn to live through an ordinary Tuesday without alcohol, you can make it through Christmas, the Fourth of July, New Year’s Eve, and every other day on the calendar too.

Recovery gave me that freedom, and it’s something I’ll never take for granted.

If you’re struggling or just have questions about sobriety, my DMs are always open. You don’t have to figure it out alone. ❤️

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