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The Quiet Storm of Self that Emerged When I Quit Drinking
Read more: The Quiet Storm of Self that Emerged When I Quit DrinkingI drank to treat myself, to express myself, and soothe myself, but when I put down the wine I was doing it to save my life. Self-care, self-awareness, and self-realization are not what I expected to find when I stopped drinking, I just stopped because I had to. I was drinking considerably more than the…
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What’s Your Secret to Sobriety?
Read more: What’s Your Secret to Sobriety?Sometimes we need a gentle nudge to remind ourselves that the path towards sobriety is uniquely ours, like our fingerprints. With ridges, whorls, and loops, your fingerprints are unique to you and can’t be duplicated by me. And whilst you may try to imitate my fingerprints, they are mine alone and not for sale. To…
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Sparking Joy in the Mundane
Read more: Sparking Joy in the MundaneAt the end of the day, our approach to life and everything in it is a matter of perspective. We can, if we put our minds to it, make anything into an excuse to drink, or not to. We can, if we put our minds to it, either seek joy in a sober life or…
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Breaking the Bond that Tied me Down – Goodbye to Alcohol
Read more: Breaking the Bond that Tied me Down – Goodbye to AlcoholI still vividly remember the moment I said GOODBYE to Alcohol. As I poured that evening’s first drink, practically neat vodka that looked like week tea as it only had a tiny bit of coke in it, I knew I’d drink until I could drink no more. This had become my daily ritual. I didn’t…
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Learning to Let Life Happen – Celebrating One Year Sober
Read more: Learning to Let Life Happen – Celebrating One Year SoberIf you are going to stop drinking, you quite simply have to stop drinking, but stopping is not easy. I think the hardest part in my early days of TRYING to quit drinking was the self-sabotage, and lying to myself. I remember waking up hungover, full of shame and self-loathing, and thinking to myself as…
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Perspective from Two Years Alcohol – Free
Read more: Perspective from Two Years Alcohol – FreeToday I’m celebrating two years of alcohol-free life. In that time I experienced my best friend’s death, the effects of withdrawal from years of benzodiazepine dependence, major surgery, and the upheavals of a world-wide pandemic. And as hard as many of these events were and continue to be, I’m proud that I got through them…
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Sobriety is NOT a Punishment- You Can Do it Just for Today
Read more: Sobriety is NOT a Punishment- You Can Do it Just for TodayIt can feel almost impossible to pick yourself up, dust yourself off and get moving with a commitment to stop drinking. Most of us are feeling pretty down on ourselves when we decide it is finally time to go alcohol-free. I wish there was a way to snap our fingers and magically achieve sober momentum!…
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Yet. I – Try Again Today
Read more: Yet. I – Try Again TodayWhen I was drinking… When I was drinking there was truly only one soul in this world that understood how alcohol was eroding my health. There were certainly plenty of people around that witnessed my behavior. However, only one person wrestled with me every morning about my drinking habits: me. It was me that woke…
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What Does it Really Take to Quit Drinking?
Read more: What Does it Really Take to Quit Drinking?The best decision I ever made was the final decision to quit drinking, which, for me, took tons of bravery, a lot of work, a little education, some mental and emotional strength, unrelenting patience, a strong commitment, community, and a whole bunch of self-compassion. I actually made the decision to quit many times before it…
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The Day 1 Dilemma
Read more: The Day 1 DilemmaWhen I say to you that I couldn’t tell you how many Day 1s I have had, I mean it. Some of those Day 1s have been one in a string of 40 Day 1s. Some have been the first Day 1 after 700+ days of sobriety. Whether you are trying to achieve sobriety for…
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- Are You Sober Curious ?
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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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