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The Women Who Empowered me to Drop the Wine o’ Clock Routine
Read more: The Women Who Empowered me to Drop the Wine o’ Clock RoutineI’ll be four years sober in March but it wasn’t long ago that I couldn’t imagine life without wine. Like the rest of my generation, I was sold daily drinking as a fashionable pastime with little negative consequence. With all of the enthusiastic marketing of fruit-flavored vodkas and mommy wines, with the diet-conscious cocktails and pink…
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Why is it so Hard to Stop Drinking ?
Read more: Why is it so Hard to Stop Drinking ?I remember a couple of years ago telling a friend that I couldn’t stop smoking because I had some writing to do. I knew that for at least a few weeks I would not be able to write without talking myself into a cigarette. I knew that I would literally not be able to concentrate…
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The Conversation in my Head
Read more: The Conversation in my HeadI hear a distant voice telling me I deserve a reward. “You’ve done well” it says. “Damn right!” I proudly proclaim. “Feeling pretty good?” I hear it ask. “You know it” I reply. “You’re rather proud of yourself” the voice notes. And, yes I am. “You should be” it says. I am enjoying my accomplishment,…
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I am Whole Again
Read more: I am Whole AgainIt is the end of a year. On January 7, 2018 I had my last drink of alcohol. I don’t remember it or much of the preceding two days. In truth and unknowingly, I was poisoning myself. I would come to the next day in extreme abdominal pain and internal hemorrhaging. Fortunately, still alive. Very…
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Are you Triggered? Craving? Reaching for a Drink? STOP!
Read more: Are you Triggered? Craving? Reaching for a Drink? STOP!I have come to appreciate, really appreciate, just how strong I can be. I have had easy days….no worries or concerns or dramas. And I’ve had days where, if I let my imagination take over? Tons of worries and concerns and dramas. I have also come to truly understand the depth & breadth of alcohol’s…
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I am Tired
Read more: I am TiredI was half adopted. For those of you who don’t know what that means, for me it was that my mother who was maybe 22, took off from our hometown in the northeast and followed a man to Georgia. That man was not my father. She left me with my grandparents intending to return for…
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Day 83 Alcohol-Free Existential Crisis
Read more: Day 83 Alcohol-Free Existential CrisisI ought to be grateful that I stopped myself from going down that road. I should be glad that I am heeding the warnings, listening to the wise ones, learning from the cautionary tales.” And another part of me whispers, “That’s great and all, but I want to see it for myself. I want to…
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I am Strong
Read more: I am StrongI had been drinking alcohol on and off since I was 16. I now drank 1-2 bottles of wine a day after work as my ‘reward’ and more at weekends. So here I am Who was I? I was 50…..Working in a high level professional job 2 children 1 husband 2 Labradors My leisure time…
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I am Maggy
Read more: I am MaggyAt this point I’m a walking encyclopedia of recovery resources. I’ve read the LifeRing handbook and attended one of their meetings, done all the SMART Recovery worksheets and attended a number of their meetings, investigated some other groups, been a part of online communities, paid for Hip Sobriety School and I’m still working through the…
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2 years sober and what I know
Read more: 2 years sober and what I knowTwo Years Sober! It has been interesting and at times very challenging. My sobriety led to the end of my relationship with an abusive partner. It led to moving back to my hometown, finding a job, then relocating again and holding down a full-time job that required extensive travel. All stressful stuff when you’re learning…
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