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A New Perspective on Alcohol Use and Abuse
Read more: A New Perspective on Alcohol Use and AbuseThe shame is built into the conversation about this “disease of alcoholism” in our culture. We need to take a fresh look at alcoholism, alcohol use disorder, addiction, and recovery.
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Heal Your Heart – Stop Drinking Support That Works
Read more: Heal Your Heart – Stop Drinking Support That WorksStop Drinking Support in your pocket 24/7. Open to get an idea of the conversation we are having every day around the world in our BOOM Rethink the Drink Community. Life is too short to waste it wasted.
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Everything is Wrong With a Culture That Shames a Teacher in Primetime
Read more: Everything is Wrong With a Culture That Shames a Teacher in PrimetimeAll I had to do this morning was type “third-grade teacher” into my search bar to find the video below that was shared with me yesterday. It shows the arrest of a third-grade teacher who was suspected of being drunk on the first day of school. It shows her humiliation, her desperation, and her name.…
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7 Myths About Outpatient Alcohol Rehab (IOP)
Read more: 7 Myths About Outpatient Alcohol Rehab (IOP)Am I an alcoholic, I wondered? Aren’t alcoholics people who drink bottles of vodka at 7am, sleep under bridges and forget to wash for 10 days? They’re losers, right? That can’t be though, because everyone I just met is like me and pretty likeable. They’re functional, fine, fabulous even. So, I let go of the…
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Join Us in Discussing In the Realm of the Hungry Ghosts by Gabor Maté
Read more: Join Us in Discussing In the Realm of the Hungry Ghosts by Gabor MatéIn the Realm of the Hungry Ghosts by Gabor Maté may be challenging and intense to confront at times. The title alone conjures a horror story. What does Maté mean by Hungry Ghosts? In explaining the basis of the title of his book, he says: “The inhabitants of the Hungry Ghost Realm are depicted as…
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Growing a Life Without Alcohol Begins With the End in Mind
Read more: Growing a Life Without Alcohol Begins With the End in MindI am not a gardener, and frankly, most of what I have attempted to grow has not survived. Growing a new life is hard. Gardeners must begin with the end in mind. It starts with a seed that germinates quietly out of sight, and as it grows, gains glorious momentum. The seed that started my…
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The Unexpurgated Truth About What Sobriety Can and Can’t Do
Read more: The Unexpurgated Truth About What Sobriety Can and Can’t DoI have discovered the secret. The secret to a youthful appearance and a positive perspective. This secret that I have discovered is the key to everything that I once felt locked out of, everything that marketing experts relentlessly sell to my generation through a myriad of products and services. And this key is not only…
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Join Us in Discussing Staying Sober Without AA by Charles Deemer
Read more: Join Us in Discussing Staying Sober Without AA by Charles DeemerOn the copyright page of Charles Deemer’s little ebook “Staying Sober Without AA,” after the title, it continues: or religion, ideology, peer pressure, spousal ultimatums, deals, trade-offs, wagers, false promises, fear, loneliness, self-delusion, and other popular crutches. In 2015, when I was just a few weeks sober, I stumbled upon this little ebook, and those…
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Join Us in Discussing Push Off From Here by Laura McKowen
Read more: Join Us in Discussing Push Off From Here by Laura McKowenWhen Laura McKowen, the author of We Are The Luckiest, attended her first AA meeting, sick, exhausted, and filled with shame, an older woman came up to her and said, “No matter what, you can push off from here.” For many of us in early sobriety, there is one phrase, spoken at just the…
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Eyes Wide Open
Read more: Eyes Wide OpenAre you trying to quit drinking? I can’t tell you how many times I’ve pledged to stop drinking forever, only to find myself back on day one again. I’ve struggled with the commitment to stay sober, even while participating in an online community where others are making it happen every day. So, I decided this…
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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- A Family History of Addiction
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- Sober Milestones
- An Alternative to Alcoholics Anonymous and Traditional Recovery
- Debunking the Glamour of Mommy’s Wine Time
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