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5 Things to help Roll Day 5 Sober into Day 6
Read more: 5 Things to help Roll Day 5 Sober into Day 6Is today supposed to be your “day 5” of a A Sober October ? Maybe it is, but maybe it is your third consecutive “day 1″…. and since it’s Saturday well, we might as well throw the towel in and try again, “later”…. wait for Dry January? Maybe this sober thing is just too over-rated? Maybe…
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Do It Yourself Sobriety 101
Read more: Do It Yourself Sobriety 101As we maneuver through September, with the objective of sobriety, life may not have been 100 % alcohol-free. I am not making excuses for you, but I’m here to say : “It’s okay. Keep breathing. Keep trying.” Sometimes it’s easy to read the signs and we assume it will be easy to do. Let’s…
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5 Things that Helped Make Sobriety My Happy Reality
Read more: 5 Things that Helped Make Sobriety My Happy RealityAbout 3 years ago, I sat on a beach and envisioned my sober self, walking up to my, at the time current self, and giving her a hug. I imagined what my sober self would look like and would be wearing. I imagined what my sober self would feel like. I imaged what my sober…
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Gaining Sober Momentum
Read more: Gaining Sober MomentumI first confronted my drinking problem back in 2017. I had been drinking so heavily for so long that my drinking seemed, quite often, to happen independently of me. I didn’t want to drink the way I did. I thought about drinking all the time. I promised myself so many times that I wasn’t going…
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Make Sobriety a Celebration of YOU!
Read more: Make Sobriety a Celebration of YOU!Have you recently tried a “sober challenge” and found it more difficult than you expected? A Dry July or Dry January can feel impossible to achieve if you don’t stay engaged with a supportive community. We celebrate an alcohol-free challenge every month in our Boom Rethink the Drink community. Whether you’ve decided to take on…
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How the Light Gets in
Read more: How the Light Gets inWhen I decided to stop drinking alcohol, I had no clear vision of what lay ahead, but I knew in my bones that I had to do it. As of today, I’ve been alcohol-free for exactly 4 ½ years. 53 months and 3 ½ weeks. 1645 days. 39,840 hours. To a large extent I got…
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The Struggle is Real
Read more: The Struggle is RealIf you are trying to stop drinking and finding it a struggle KEEP TRYING! Try as many times as it takes. Feel the feelings that come with the struggle, but whatever you do, do not let them stop you. Quit over and over and over again. Quit as many times as you have to quit.…
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Surfing the Waves of Emotion in Early Sobriety
Read more: Surfing the Waves of Emotion in Early SobrietyEmotions make life worthwhile. Sadness, love, disappointment, compassion, anger, gratitude, embarrassment, and optimism are just a few of the many emotions that give life dimension. These feelings, alongside our thinking abilities, are what makes us human and makes life interesting. But I used to drink away my negative feelings and in the process drank myself…
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What Dry July Could Mean To You
Read more: What Dry July Could Mean To YouDry July is a meaningful time for me. To me, Dry July is “take back your power month”. The first full month I spent sober after a 10-year-long relapse was in 2020 as a participant in the Dry July challenge in the Boom Rethink the Drink Community. Back then, I couldn’t go more than a…
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Join us in Discussing the UnPickled Holiday Survival Guide by Jean McCarthy
Read more: Join us in Discussing the UnPickled Holiday Survival Guide by Jean McCarthyJean McCarthy’s book, Unpickled Holiday Survival Guide, was written to help people who are newly sober maneuver the alcohol-soaked obstacle course that we all run between Halloween and New Year’s Day. When I suggested the book for our Boom Rethink the Drink Community Book Club, I was expecting it to be a simple, practical guide…
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.
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- Are You Sober Curious ?
- How to Stop Drinking
- A Family History of Addiction
- Alcohol the Seductive Beast that Kills
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- Staying Sober
- Sober Milestones
- An Alternative to Alcoholics Anonymous and Traditional Recovery
- Debunking the Glamour of Mommy’s Wine Time
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