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The Gift
Read more: The GiftI’ve never been to AA but awhile back I read chunks of the Big Book on my own to check out the content. I remember reading about The Gift of Desperation and I didn’t really understand it. To feel so powerless and defeated? That’s not how I wanted to go about sobriety. But now that…
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I’ll be too busy to drink today because …
Read more: I’ll be too busy to drink today because …It’ll be easy to stay alcohol-free today because this is INTERNATIONAL PODCAST DAY. I’ll be too busy listening! Or if you would rather, it’s also national CHEWING GUM DAY, national MUD PACK DAY, and my personal favorite: National BLASPHEMY DAY! Chewing gum might help some folks avoid wigging out in early sobriety and mud…
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It’s the Why, Not the How
Read more: It’s the Why, Not the HowI am a firm believer that in our self-improvement efforts, it’s not possible to move AWAY from something, rather you have to move TOWARDS something else. In my case, I have seen glimpses of my better self. At times, I’ve even caught flashes of my BEST self. That person, the ideal version of me, has…
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I’m Alcohol-Free Today because I’m Holding onto Hope – Join Me?
Read more: I’m Alcohol-Free Today because I’m Holding onto Hope – Join Me?Yesterday was national GOOD NEIGHBOR DAY and the only way I can be a good anything to anyone, including myself, is to stay alcohol- free. Right now in the US, but I’m guessing this is a human family problem in these uncertain and hugely painful times on our planet, we have a real breakdown in…
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Sober October? What are the Benefits of a Month Alcohol-Free?
Read more: Sober October? What are the Benefits of a Month Alcohol-Free?Have you ever wondered what it would feel like to stop drinking for a month? Maybe you’ve thought that an alcohol detox would be a good idea but weren’t sure if you could pull off thirty days sober? Wouldn’t it be a great idea to take a break from the booze before the drinking season…
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Changing my Alcoholic Mindset
Read more: Changing my Alcoholic MindsetOne thing that’s been difficult to accept since I stopped drinking is my overly-negative mindset. I tend to catastrophise small things into big things and then into life-changing events. It’s really unhelpful and unhealthy, and over the past few decades, I can see that it fed into and out of my drinking. Over-thinking about situations…
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Tikkun Olam – Healing the World Begins with Each of Us
Read more: Tikkun Olam – Healing the World Begins with Each of UsI finally saw the Won’t you be my Neighbor? movie (the most successful biopic in film history) about Fred Rogers. I highly recommend it because the world so needs his message right now. And apparently many individuals do too. As the film ended and the theater went silent, I heard one woman burst into sobs…
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Reframe It
Read more: Reframe ItYou know what I need to learn to doIs to sit with the difficult feelingsLoss, grief, frustration, anger, sadness you name itI need to learn to sit with it allAnd reframe it,Not fall It’s easy to get lost in a sea of emotionsSo hard to come back up for airSo we’d rather hide from themBut,…
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Guilty Pleasure ?
Read more: Guilty Pleasure ?That terrorist’s web was hard to leaveInsisting that I had to believeThat one won’t hurtYou earned this treatFood on the tablePlenty to eatI functioned fineNo one knewAll seemed wellHidden wineThis was my gameNo room for twoLeave me alone with my hidden shameI’ll deal with it laterWhen things are more calmNot today thoughSweaty palmCrack open a…
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I’m not Drinking Today Because …
Read more: I’m not Drinking Today Because …This is national PUNCTUATION DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I’m a writer and I need to stay alcohol free to be able to write….anything at all worth reading. Unlike Ernest Hemingway, I can tell you without the teensiest reservation that booze did nothing for my craft. Lots of us writerly types struggle with alcohol and other sundry addictions. Creatives…
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