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A Sober September Farewell to the Wine Witch
Read more: A Sober September Farewell to the Wine WitchDear Wine Witch, Thank you. Thank you for always being there for me. You were always by my side for the good and bad, ups and downs through my adult life’s events. You never let me down, you were always there, so smooth, gentle, fresh – a pure delight. Well, unless I had too much…
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Alcohol and Exercise-Battling Diminishing Returns
Read more: Alcohol and Exercise-Battling Diminishing ReturnsCan exercise cancel out the deadly effect of too much alcohol? The messaging about alcohol, excersize, weight loss and health has been confusing at best over the past 20 years. I’ve read that a glass of red wine is worth an hour at the gym and many other fantastic statements in articles online. When I…
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Your Grief Honors Love
Read more: Your Grief Honors LoveMany people believe that grief should pass or dissolve with time. Deep grieving may remain in stops and starts. Grief may come like a tidal wave when the person is seemingly okay. They may fall into a puddle on an anniversary or holiday or in the middle of a grocery store. All experiences with grief…
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Sobriety is my Path from Fear to Authenticity
Read more: Sobriety is my Path from Fear to AuthenticityToday it’s over 11 months since I had a drop of alcohol. I now associate drinking with fear. Fear of alcohol. It’s not fear about what’s going into me when I drink, it’s fear about what won’t come out. When I drink my truth does not come out. It stays inside and causes inconsistencies in…
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An Invitation and Inspiration to Ditch the Drink Today
Read more: An Invitation and Inspiration to Ditch the Drink TodayI’d like to offer you a light-hearted invitation to a celebration – a celebration of taking back your freedom that we call Sober September. Actually, this month, the celebration is A Sober September but it’s not a celebration that is only in September. This celebration is all about how you live today, whether today is…
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Russ and Trev’s Guide to a Sober September
Read more: Russ and Trev’s Guide to a Sober SeptemberHave you decided to give Sober September a try? Russ and Trev are our Boom Rethink the Drink community experts on taking a break from the booze, and they’d like to invite you to join us for our Sober-September challenge. Here are Russ and Trev’s thoughts on what 30 days alcohol-free can do for you!…
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The 3 Phases of Addiction – MAGIC, MEDICINE and MISERY
Read more: The 3 Phases of Addiction – MAGIC, MEDICINE and MISERYI was listening to the Heart of the Matter, a podcast on addiction and recovery hosted by Elizabeth Vargas, and she said someone in recovery described alcohol to her as first magic, then medicine, then misery. Ouch. That hits close to home. Those were the 3 phases of my addiction. I think I stopped drinking…
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An Open Letter to my Drinking Colleagues, With Love
Read more: An Open Letter to my Drinking Colleagues, With LoveToday I’m going to take a brief moment to write an open and anonymous letter to all of my colleagues who keep telling me some version of ‘you know it would be much more fun/better for your career/ if you would just meet up at the bar sometime.’ Because this line of conversation is just…
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Every Day is a Chance to Stand Up For My Self
Read more: Every Day is a Chance to Stand Up For My SelfOne year ago today, was my last day one. The day I stopped drinking for good. I can’t even tell you how many times I made that promise to stop drinking today and broke it, and I can’t tell you why one year ago, when I made it for what seemed like the millionth time,…
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6 Short Videos for the Sober Curious
Read more: 6 Short Videos for the Sober CuriousAre you sober curious? Give me 15 minutes of your time to Inspire you to give Sober a try today. I think you just have to decideTo let the alcohol disappearLet go of holding on so tightJust choose to relaxAnd ditch the bad fightThe one with the demonBlighting your life Life is too short 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.
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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
- 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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