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The Problem with Alcohol
Read more: The Problem with AlcoholI grew up with the idea that most adults drank but some had a problem with alcohol. Adults who had a problem with alcohol were called alcoholics. Alcoholics joined AA where they swore to never drink again and were given chips every month as a sort of prize for their success in staying 100% sober.…
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How I Launched my Escape from the Alcohol Prison – Thoughts from a former Gray Area Drinker
Read more: How I Launched my Escape from the Alcohol Prison – Thoughts from a former Gray Area DrinkerWhen I tried Dry January in 2020, I counted the days till I could drink again. After enduring rules, regulations, slips, and slides galore (i.e. moderation), I came back and tried again … but for three months. I read somewhere that you need at least three months to get the full benefits of sobriety. For…
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Start Where You Stand
Read more: Start Where You StandToday I discovered a quote, hidden in a 2009 email written to myself, where I was struggling with drinking, moderating, and perhaps abstinence. Simply, it said: “Do not wait; the time will never be ‘just right.’Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command,and better tools will be…
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4 Inspiring Short Videos to Celebrate Living Alcohol-Free
Read more: 4 Inspiring Short Videos to Celebrate Living Alcohol-FreeHearing that phrase used to make me cringe. It is a celebratory phrase. A hopeful phrase. A phrase that conjures up promise and joy. Yet because I had heard that phrase associated many times with Alcoholics Anonymous it carried with it the stigma I felt when I thought about alcoholism, and the need to go…
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The Day I Turned My Life Around
Read more: The Day I Turned My Life AroundNot so long ago, I couldn’t imagine going a day without drinking. I drank 1-2 bottles of wine a night (or more). I remember feeling “proud” of myself when I came down to find that I hadn’t quite finished the second bottle, an inch of wine still left. What restraint I had shown! On a…
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How I Ditched the Dysfunctional Drinking
Read more: How I Ditched the Dysfunctional DrinkingHave you ever felt like your anticipation of having a drink was greater than the pleasure derived from drinking it? A few years ago, I was drinking too much, too often, and I began to realize I wasn’t enjoying the drinking anymore, and yet I didn’t want to stop. What I wanted was to drink more.…
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Tomorrow Starts Today
Read more: Tomorrow Starts TodayIt’s part of our nature to compare ourselves to others, but when it comes to drinking, that’s an impulse I need to quash. I’m past the point of comparing myself to “normal” drinkers. I wouldn’t be here writing in an online community if I had a “healthy” relationship with alcohol.
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The Truth Behind my Façade – Resetting my Sober Motivation
Read more: The Truth Behind my Façade – Resetting my Sober Motivation6 months ago my drinking was out of control and had completely taken over my life. To say I was motivated to go sober is without question. Here’s the thing though – my motivation to get sober was through the roof but not in a positive or formative way. My motivation to stop drinking and…
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Squashing the brain chatter …
Read more: Squashing the brain chatter …Sitting with my emotions and thoughts has not been easy. In fact, it has been downright excruciating at times. Feeling them has also held the utmost jubilation and healing moments. I am ten months sober in just a few days. I had to dump all my alcohol, get rid of all my paraphernalia, and change…
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Keep Going You Got This – Perspective from the Dune
Read more: Keep Going You Got This – Perspective from the DuneThere is a big sand dune at a beach I like to visit. I was a teen with my family the first time I saw it, took my husband there when we were dating, and have loved sharing it with our kids and our friends over the years. On every single visit, as soon as…
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