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Embrace the Adventure of Living Life FREE !
Read more: Embrace the Adventure of Living Life FREE !April is alcohol-awareness month and I would like to invite you to join me in celebrating awareness with an alcohol-free month. I’ve had a long and colorful relationship with alcohol but I’m now happily retired from my illustious drinking career and that is worthy of celebration. My first taste of alcohol was during my senior…
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Blackout – A Boom Community Book Club Selection
Read more: Blackout – A Boom Community Book Club SelectionApril is Alcohol Awareness month in the U.S. and I’m thinking of the absolute opposite of awareness… alcohol-related blackouts. I often drank to the blackout stage, probably because I crammed my drinking of large quantities into pretty short periods. Remembering the last hour of my evening was impossible. Usually, I drank at home, but that…
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Early Sobriety Survival Skills
Read more: Early Sobriety Survival SkillsThese quick-relief actions give me a sense of control over my environment and give me an alternative to opening a beer … #aprilisalcoholawarenessmonth #sobercurious #quitdrinkingapp #alcoholfree
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Feel Like You Can’t NOT Drink?
Read more: Feel Like You Can’t NOT Drink?When I first stopped drinking I recall endless questions and scenarios racing through my head : “What about Christmas? I can’t NOT drink?!” “My birthday is in a few months, maybe I’ll wait and start “sober” after?” “Crap, summer months: I drink A LOT, and with our hotel customers, what will happen? These people bring…
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Perspective from Sober at 60
Read more: Perspective from Sober at 60Why did I decide to quit drinking? I used to point fingers at other people’s problems with alcohol instead of looking at my own drinking. I had a real problem being truthful with myself. It was hard to admit but I had a lot of growing up to do once I put down the bottle.…
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10 THINGS SOBRIETY HAS TAUGHT ME
Read more: 10 THINGS SOBRIETY HAS TAUGHT MEI think it would be fair to say that the last few years have been a little tricky for humankind. The last few years have been full of pain and fear and disconnection. News and pictures of political tension, global warming, and war are hard to escape. I know, for myself, this can sometimes feel overwhelming.…
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10 Tools to Help You Break the Alcohol Habit
Read more: 10 Tools to Help You Break the Alcohol HabitWhy do so many smokers keep smoking though they say they want to quit? Or people say they need to eat heathier or exercise more but don’t do it? Or drinkers who know its unhealthy yet keep drinking? Why did I still drink after deciding to stop so many times? Why could I not break…
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Sober Diaries – A Boom Community Book Club Selection
Read more: Sober Diaries – A Boom Community Book Club SelectionThe Sober Diaries by Clare Pooley is light, airy, truthful and funny as hell. Unlike many books on addiction and recovery, the “heavy going,” the “how to,” the “reasons why,” and “cautionary tales”, Sober Diaries speaks to the realities of actual drinking and actual recovery from an actual person who I could relate to so…
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The Unexpected Joy of Being Sober – A Boom Community Book Club Selection
Read more: The Unexpected Joy of Being Sober – A Boom Community Book Club SelectionWelcome to the Boom Community Book Club. Below you will find our discussion on The Unexpected Joy of Being Sober by Catherine Gray. There are eleven sections here that each link back to the discussion in our private community. You are welcome to come join in the discussion any time. TABLE OF CONTENTS PREFACEINTRODUCTIONI. THE NIGHTCRAWLING…
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Sober in Las Vegas
Read more: Sober in Las VegasRecently, my boyfriend and I escaped to Las Vegas for a quick weekend get-away. We needed to see the sun and get our minds off work, kids and life. I will say this as a disclaimer: Vegas is NOT a good idea for anyone in early sobriety. I have over two years of absolute, 100%…
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.
Featured Pages
- 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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