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The alcohol effect on middle aged “fun” sensors
Read more: The alcohol effect on middle aged “fun” sensorsThere is a lot of science out there about the chemistry of the brain and the effect of alcohol on it. The bottom line from all research whether pro or anti-alcohol is more or less the same. Alcohol affects the brain, PERIOD!!!! I would love to go out there and do tons of research, but…
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Surprised to be Loving Life Alcohol-Free
Read more: Surprised to be Loving Life Alcohol-FreeBoom. 100 days Alcohol-Free. There it is. When I started this sober journey, I was shooting for a 30-day “alcohol reset.” But I made it to 30 days and figured, why not keep going? I had made it to 45 days last fall, how about I shoot for 46 days so I could set a…
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Survival Guide to Your First Days Sober
Read more: Survival Guide to Your First Days SoberHow do you Stop Drinking when you know you’re drinking too much too often? During the six long years between the day I knew that I needed to stop drinking and the day I finally did, there was a lot of pain and frustration that I would have avoided if I had known a few…
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How to Quiet that Thirsty Little Voice in Your Head
Read more: How to Quiet that Thirsty Little Voice in Your HeadThe most important tool in my sobriety toolbox is knowing how to quiet that thirsty little voice in my head. You know that thirsty little voice that says you’ve earned a drink at the end of the day, even though you promised yourself earlier, when you woke up hungover again, that you were DONE !…
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Nobody Drinks Like I Do For Fun
Read more: Nobody Drinks Like I Do For FunOne day not too far from now you will wonder what happened to your life. Why you didn’t end up pursuing your dreams, or making more of your life. Taking chances and thinking ‘what the hell’. Loving more, Travelling more, Seeing more.What did that magic bottle hold? What grip did it take on your life.…
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Musings from Five Years Alcohol-Free – Understanding WHY I Drank
Read more: Musings from Five Years Alcohol-Free – Understanding WHY I DrankI can remember being in awe of people who had gone for a long time alcohol-free. I never thought I’d do it. In fact, to be truthful I didn’t think I COULD do it. I’d tried to reduce, moderate, change the drink in my glass, go a month without and start again. When I drank…
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This is Us – Families, Addiction and the Legacy of Shame
Read more: This is Us – Families, Addiction and the Legacy of ShameHave you ever watched the show This is Us ? It’s a series that airs in the US. A show about families in all their brokenness and loving awesomeness. If you haven’t watched it and have it available, I highly recommend it but keep the tissues close by. Last night I watched a recent episode…
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The Fuckit Bucket
Read more: The Fuckit BucketIf you’ve ever given up drinking you will have read a myriad of articles proclaiming how fabulous life is sober: words of hope, words of praise, page upon page of unimaginable achievement. Since I stopped drinking 4.5 years ago I’ve become increasingly aware that these articles are pretty one-sided tending to focus on the whoop-whoop…
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Alcohol – The Seductive Beast that Kills
Read more: Alcohol – The Seductive Beast that KillsI started blogging my way sober a bit over seven years ago. Sometimes I rant against the alcohol industry for marketing wine, gin, and vodka as health and beauty products. Sometimes my posts are about alternative paths to recovery, and sometimes I write about the stigma of addiction that prevents so many of us from…
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How I Stopped Drinking by Writing it Out
Read more: How I Stopped Drinking by Writing it OutIf you’ve read anything about how to stop drinking you’ve most likely heard of the wine witch, Wolfie, the monkey on your back, or any number of metaphorical monsters used to describe the little voice in your head. The voice that suggests “just one drink”. Just one drink after you have fought so hard to…
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
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