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It’s Your Life It’s Your Time
Read more: It’s Your Life It’s Your TimeI get to a certain point where I think I’m overreacting with this whole completely sober thing. I’m usually put in positions where others around me are drinking (family and friends) and I don’t wan’t to miss out. Then I feel resentful that I’m “doing this to myself” and so eventually I start up again.…
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Want to stop drinking? Start with a Plan and Share It!
Read more: Want to stop drinking? Start with a Plan and Share It!Most of us feel pretty desperate and a bit lost when we’re unable to get control of habitual drinking. If you’re trying to stop drinking, Make a Plan. Make a plan and share it ! That may sound simplistic but it works. It works especially well if you find a community and share that plan…
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Thought for the Day
Read more: Thought for the DayMy deep sadness has been replaced with a spark of joy. My depression is lifting. My anxiety has lessoned to almost being nonexistent. Although some things have not changed, I am changing. I am actually singing with the radio again. Sobriety offers everything that Alcohol Promised and more!
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Top ten things you can do again now that you’re Alcohol Free
Read more: Top ten things you can do again now that you’re Alcohol FreeHere’s a list of top ten wonderful things you can do again, now that you’re Alcohol Free 10. Text your mother. 9. Start discussions with members of the law enforcement community. 8. Internet shopping. 7. Take selfies and post them to Facebook. 6. Go to pick up carry out pizza on your bicycle. 5. Know…
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Thought for the Day
Read more: Thought for the DayWe all know there are portals into Darkness and portals into Light. If we don’t know the difference yet just a bit more experience changes that and We LEARN. Unfortunately, some of the portals, passageways, tunnels, pinholes into the Darkness are addictions that are tough to walk away from when we don’t like or even…
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Thought for the Day
Read more: Thought for the DayDrinking dulls my senses to the point where I’m not really present in my life. Sober my senses are alive.
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Thought for the Day
Read more: Thought for the DayAre you Thinking about taking a break from Drinking or trying Dry July? Come Talk to Us in our quiet corner of cyber space. We are a vibrant community tucked away from the sometimes frenetic distractions of social media feeds. Private, independent, well monitored and 100% non commercial, BOOM is the community of the Boozemusings…
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Join Us and Rethink the Drink
Read more: Join Us and Rethink the DrinkWe’ve been told for years that drinking red wine and alcohol in general can do everything from lower our risk of heart disease to help us control our weight. The recent reports that alcohol actually contributes to the development of 7 types of cancer has done little to hinder the marketing of wine and alcohol…
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Thought for the Day
Read more: Thought for the DayI do NOT want to drink today because I crawled out from under the rock of addiction and have found the sun shines gently on my face each day That is the reality that I chose I chose sobriety because drinking did NOT empower me How about you ?
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Thought for the Day
Read more: Thought for the DayThe wonderful thing about Dry July is that aside from raising over 30 million AUD for assistance to cancer patients it has encouraged a lot of Australians to model a different version of grown up down time for a month every year. That is the beginning of something beautiful indeed. If you’re trying Dry July…
The Boozemusings Community Blog is written by a diverse group. We are current and former members of the BOOM Rethink the Drink community where we also blog privately, in an anonymous, supportive forum. If you’re drinking too much too often Find us HERE for connection and support when you need it. Life is too short to waste it being wasted.
Featured Pages
- Are You Sober Curious ?
- How to Stop Drinking
- A Family History of Addiction
- Alcohol the Seductive Beast that Kills
- Alcohol, Brain Chemistry, Mindfulness and Neuroplasticity
- Emotional Sobriety
- Staying Sober
- Sober Milestones
- An Alternative to Alcoholics Anonymous and Traditional Recovery
- Debunking the Glamour of Mommy’s Wine Time
“It was a random day of internet searching that brought me to Boozemusings Blog and to Boom Community, and my life has been changed by it. I needed some kind of “epiphany” for a mind change, and I have learned things about alcohol and its physical effects that have given me that kind of enlightenment. I check in several times a day and it is like meeting with my family. The resources here are incredible, and inexhaustible. I have quit lit books, etc. Will check out some of the other resources in others’ responses, but for me, Boom has been the answer. I feel it has to do with the tireless work of Boom’s creators. Thank you, Boom!!!!!!!”
If you’re “sober curious” …If you are drinking too much too often and want to stop or take a break… Talk to Us.
We are an independent, anonymous and private community who share resources, support and talk it through every day. It helps to have a community behind you in a world where alcohol is the only addictive drug that people will question you for NOT using
