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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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Drinking to Escape? Here’s Another Way
Read more: Drinking to Escape? Here’s Another WayI think it’s very normal to look around at all the stress and crap you have to put up with on a daily basis and want to run away from it all. I also think that many of us use or used alcohol to do just that. I know I did.
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The Battle to Owning My Life at 4 months Alcohol-Free
Read more: The Battle to Owning My Life at 4 months Alcohol-FreeMy last day 1. 7:38 am on Monday, November 15th, 2021 Shaking in fear, heart throbbing, I dumped the remaining 2/3 of my 1.5L bottle of Folonari Suave white wine down the kitchen sink. And filmed it. Yep, I did. I had to own this. Today I celebrate 4 months Alcohol-Free Gosh oh gosh,…
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4 Views from 6 Months Sober – Life is Not a Problem to be Solved
Read more: 4 Views from 6 Months Sober – Life is Not a Problem to be SolvedI am mapping a path forward. Even if I could drink “normally,” why would I want to? Now that we know there is no safe level of alcohol consumption, what is my excuse? As I go into the last half of my life (not one minute of which is promised to me – I want…
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How Do You Help Someone Stop Drinking Before it’s Too Late? What if It’s You?
Read more: How Do You Help Someone Stop Drinking Before it’s Too Late? What if It’s You?When I was nearing the point where I had to stop drinking or risk losing myself to alcohol, I decided to do a bit of research. I sat down in front of my computer screen, a seemingly safe place to ask hard questions and searched the phrase “What is a high-functioning alcoholic?”. Sadly the definition…
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Recovering is Uncovering-Be Patient With the Process
Read more: Recovering is Uncovering-Be Patient With the ProcessThe early work of sobriety is not drinking. It feels like all you do, who you are, what you read and listen to, and why you are awake and trying again. The physical part can be pretty easy for some but for others its a real bear. The good news is that physical changes are…
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Empowerment Does Not Come in a Bottle – A Tribute to Women from Women
Read more: Empowerment Does Not Come in a Bottle – A Tribute to Women from WomenHave you ever thought of wine as Empowerment in a Bottle? I did! I drank for different reasons at different times in my life. In my twenties, my drinking stemmed from a strong desire to “belong”. I felt like, “one of the guys” when I could drink right along with them beer for beer, shot…
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Learning to Feel the Feels at 8 Months Sober
Read more: Learning to Feel the Feels at 8 Months SoberI’ve been alcohol-free for almost 8 months and that means having to face a whole lot of things that I once drowned out with excessive daily drinking. I am in much of the same mindset that I was when my son was born 18 years ago. Nothing in my environment had changed back then except…
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Alcohol I’m Over You – Sober is Just Smarter
Read more: Alcohol I’m Over You – Sober is Just SmarterI moved less than a year ago and am still organizing and reconfiguring some books and journals. I have been struck by how many times I open a journal or notebook and see “I drank too much last night, I need to stop.” Six and a half years ago, I was at a very low…
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