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Alcohol-Free Inspiration for Dry July 2020 – Day 2
Read more: Alcohol-Free Inspiration for Dry July 2020 – Day 2To stay inspired for my day 2 of Dry July 2020 I remember Things I love about being alcohol – freeI can drive anytime of the day 🏋🏼♂️I can remember everything 🤸🏼♀️I am calmer & less anxious 🦁My conscience is clear ✨I’m never nauseous 🤮I’ve lost weight 🙌🏼I sleep soooo well 🛌 Are you struggling…
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Opening a New Door
Read more: Opening a New DoorDrinking had become a part of my life, a life that I didn’t want to continue.I was done with experiencing the effects of alcohol and the shame that accompanied it. I was done with feeling unwell, with the anxiety and the sadness that had become part of my life due to alcohol. I have experienced…
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How to NOT open a Bottle at Wine o’Clock
Read more: How to NOT open a Bottle at Wine o’ClockDid you know that women are more susceptible to alcohol addiction than men? All of the cutesy Wine o’Clock, Mommy’s Juice, memes that pop up on social media stop being so cute when you read that since 2000, among women, in particular, high-risk drinking has increased 60 percent while alcohol use disorder or what is traditionally…
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Dry July 2020 – There Has Never Been a Better Time to Take a Break From the Booze
Read more: Dry July 2020 – There Has Never Been a Better Time to Take a Break From the BoozeWhy Dry July? Everywhere you look lately there seems to be a good reason to pour a drink or two. During this extraordinary international health crisis, people are justifying lifting a glass at every opportunity. With alcohol deemed essential during the Covid lockdown, it is decidedly un-cool to step back and say “No Thank You…
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Blowing Away the Illusion of the Need for Alcohol
Read more: Blowing Away the Illusion of the Need for AlcoholDo you feel like you need to drink or want to drink but have had enough hungover mornings? Have you had enough? Enough anxiety? Enough groundhog days and groundhog nights? Enough alcohol? When was “enough” finally enough for me? Regretfully far too many years were wasted when I already knew the answer to the question…
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Proud to be Sober
Read more: Proud to be SoberI haven’t told many people about my sobriety yet. I was almost too afraid to talk about it. How many times have I declared my sobriety, had friends and family show support, love, and encouragement, just to fall back into the vicious addiction?! What would people think? What would people say? Would I lose friends…
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Alcohol and Anxiety
Read more: Alcohol and AnxietyDoes alcohol drown out your natural ability to tame your anxiety?Anxiety that’s screaming to just be understood and heardLike a woodpecker or similar determined bird? Does your anxiety just want to deviously play? Or could it have something important to say?If we continue to ignore it every dayWhy doesn’t it just give upAnd go away?…
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Alcohol the Wonder Drug
Read more: Alcohol the Wonder DrugHappy Hour is our celebrated transition from work to play. Daily drinking has become so normalized that alcohol was deemed essential during the Covid lockdown, and we replaced the workday’s end visit to the bar, with Virtual Happy Hour online. We drink alcohol to connect and to disconnect, to ease our transition from work to…
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Turning Down the Volume on Cravings with Some Help from Stevie Nicks and Boom!
Read more: Turning Down the Volume on Cravings with Some Help from Stevie Nicks and Boom!Wow! As of today I’ve been sober for almost 3 months! And even though I still have some strong cravings at times (nearly always on weekends), I work through them. My strongest craving so far came on day 2 alcohol-free. Here’s what happened. Day 1 sober went fine, and day 2 started off that way…
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Unique Inspiration for an Alcohol-Free Happy Hour and a Serenely Sober Weekend
Read more: Unique Inspiration for an Alcohol-Free Happy Hour and a Serenely Sober WeekendWhether you are on day one alcohol – free or moving through your first weeks sober, Friday night and the weekend ahead can be a difficult time to pass up the alcohol. Aside from the challenge of changing your routine and dealing with the empty feeling that is left behind when you remove the booze,…
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
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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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