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Don’t Slip Away……
Read more: Don’t Slip Away……When I was working through my first year of sobriety I found that there was no greater trigger to drink, than finding myself home alone. No one will know. Just this once. I can get away with it.
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Time for a Fresh Perspective on Daily Drinking
Read more: Time for a Fresh Perspective on Daily DrinkingRegardless of whether studies say alcohol is the problem, or the solution, the question to ask yourself is how does drinking make you feel? We drink for pleasure but sometimes the effect causes more pain than it’s worth. Are you ready for a break ?
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Alcohol Cravings and Hypoglycaemia
Read more: Alcohol Cravings and HypoglycaemiaIn a nutshell, the witching hour is most likely a sign of low blood glucose (hypoglycaemia) rather than some psychological weakness or failing. So, fix the hypoglycemia and the cravings will go away. They do anyway after some time alcohol free, which could be because the hypoglycemia’s been fixed or because the liver has returned…
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All About Refuge Recovery
Read more: All About Refuge RecoveryI have been talking about going to a Refuge Recovery meeting for months and months. Maybe a year. Sometimes I do something just because I’m so sick of hearing myself TALK about doing it so I finally DID! I was all jazzed up after listening to an interview with the Refuge Recovery founder Noah Levine…
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Top 10 Things I have learned since going Alcohol-Free
Read more: Top 10 Things I have learned since going Alcohol-Free10. Since going alcohol-free I’ve learned that my problems aren’t any bigger or more painful. In fact, just the opposite. 9. I’m happy to say that my check liver light went out! 8. I can go to sleep without a drink. 7. Cinco de Mayo is so totally not an important holiday. 6. I can…
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Sleep Solutions- How to Get a Good Night Sleep When You Stop Drinking
Read more: Sleep Solutions- How to Get a Good Night Sleep When You Stop DrinkingSleep, or the lack of it, can be a real problem when you’re stopping drinking. It was an issue for me for years. I used to wake up as many as 5 times a night, sometimes for an hour at a time. So I did a lot of research and found that Melatonin (3 mg)…
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How do You Stop Drinking When You Love to Drink?
Read more: How do You Stop Drinking When You Love to Drink?If you’re trying to stop drinking, how do you break the cycle of getting to day 3, or 5, or 7 alcohol-free, and finding yourself drinking again because you talk yourself into thinking that you can handle just one or two? How do you get to the point where you don’t retreat to old habits…
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Celebrate Arid August with Hope and Energy
Read more: Celebrate Arid August with Hope and EnergyI might still be stuck in a nightly black-out, binge drinking routine if I hadn’t found the book Drink by Ann Dowsett Johnston. I related to much of Ann’s story of addiction and was inspired by her recovery through Alcoholics Anonymous, but what left the greatest impression on me was her analysis of why so…
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Reach for Empowerment
Read more: Reach for EmpowermentWhether you call it alcohol abuse, alcoholism, or alcohol use disorder, alcohol addiction is deadly. Sometimes it takes people quickly for reasons obviously related to drinking. Sometimes it takes people suddenly in accidents or violent outbursts. Sometimes alcohol abuse compounds depression and inspires suicide and sometimes it slowly erodes the quality of a person’s life dissolving…
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Mocktails – Orange Ginger Fizz
Read more: Mocktails – Orange Ginger FizzOrange Ginger Fizz Mocktail
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.
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- 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
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- Staying Sober
- Sober Milestones
- An Alternative to Alcoholics Anonymous and Traditional Recovery
- Debunking the Glamour of Mommy’s Wine Time
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