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Focus on the Danger of Drinking Alcohol or Sobriety as a Positive Choice?
Read more: Focus on the Danger of Drinking Alcohol or Sobriety as a Positive Choice?April was Alcohol Awareness Month in the United States. An opportunity to raise awareness about alcohol and alcohol-related harm. But most of the Alcohol Awareness campaign focuses on an abstract 5 to 10 % of people who are considered alcoholics or suffering from an alcohol-use disorder. We still think of alcohol as deadly only to an…
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Finding Balance at 6 Months Sober
Read more: Finding Balance at 6 Months SoberToday I am 166 days alcohol-free. Almost 6 months sober! This is not my first attempt at sobriety but this time around I’m starting to feel almost happy with my decision to quit (98% happy anyway). Alcohol-Free! This time with convictionBecause I’m worth so much moreThen the misery of addiction! Last night when I was…
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Sobriety Taught Me to Honor Myself
Read more: Sobriety Taught Me to Honor MyselfWhen I made the decision to stop drinking over a year ago, I never imagined that sobriety would literally transform my life. I went from a place of complete breakdown; feeling worthless, hopeless, fearful, and paralyzed…to a place of feeling so empowered, capable and strong. My life did NOT magically get easier, but my perspective…
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Anxiety, Alcohol and Sobriety
Read more: Anxiety, Alcohol and SobrietyI am a lifelong anxiety sufferer who drank mainly to cope with uncomfortable feelings. In my 71 years, I’ve taken a variety of medications for insomnia and generalized anxiety disorder. Putting down my wine glass for good was the single best thing I ever did for my mental health.
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Join the Peaceful Revolution Against the Tyranny of Addiction
Read more: Join the Peaceful Revolution Against the Tyranny of AddictionThe 25th of April is Independence Day in Portugal, the country I’ve lived in for almost 30 years. Portugal is famous for its bloodless, Red-Carnation Revolution, and also famous for its progressive drug policy. The Portuguese decriminalization of drugs ended the heroin epidemic that had begun shortly after the 1974 revolution. A revolution that had suddenly…
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How to get a Good Nights Sleep When You Stop Drinking or Learning to Fall Asleep Sober
Read more: How to get a Good Nights Sleep When You Stop Drinking or Learning to Fall Asleep SoberI love sleep. I am in a committed, long-term relationship with my bed, and now that I’m almost 4 months sober, things are going spectacularly well in my relationship with sleep. Back when I was drinking, though, I didn’t spend much time sleeping. I would typically stay up drinking into the wee hours of the…
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Get A Refund on the Alcohol Tax
Read more: Get A Refund on the Alcohol TaxTax day in America falls in the middle of Alcohol Awareness Month.This made me consider how alcohol was taxing me for decades.And I was not aware that alcohol was Taxing Me It starts out so innocently, at a party with really fruity punch (spiked with grain alcohol), then leads to fun happy hours with co-workers, parties…
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To Drink or Not to Drink – An Alcohol Awareness Dialogue
Read more: To Drink or Not to Drink – An Alcohol Awareness DialogueDid you know that the harmful use of alcohol kills more than 3 million people each year, most of them men? So I was wondering, Do I have a problem with alcohol? “I rebel; therefore I exist.” ― Albert Camus A friendly conversation with existential observations : To Drink or Not to Drink Me: “I can…
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10 Things that being Alcohol-Free has made Me Aware of – A Tribute to Alcohol Awareness Month
Read more: 10 Things that being Alcohol-Free has made Me Aware of – A Tribute to Alcohol Awareness MonthApril is Alcohol Awareness Month in the USA. It is? Really? I’d never heard of it before it was mentioned in my online community last week. So I did some field research, and do you know what I found out? Not one person I asked had heard of it either, not even my teenage kids…
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Alcohol Awareness Agenda – Please Stop Sober Shaming!
Read more: Alcohol Awareness Agenda – Please Stop Sober Shaming!April is Alcohol Awareness Month in the United States. We speak often and openly about our national epidemic of opioid addiction, yet talking of alcohol as an equally dangerous drug is considered an overreaction. Suggesting that Wine o’clock is problematic can get you kicked out of the cool club. I wish that society could show…
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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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