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A Book Club About Much More Than Quit Lit
Read more: A Book Club About Much More Than Quit LitFour years ago I followed an article on how to stop drinking to an online community called BOOM. My early days in the Boom Rethink the Drink Community were life-saving. I devoured every post shared in the app, and I unabashedly shared my story, my fears, and my eventual success. I also found a new…
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It’s Never Too Late to Change- Perspective from 3 Years Sober
Read more: It’s Never Too Late to Change- Perspective from 3 Years SoberIt’s a bit surreal to me that I ended up sober. My whole life seemed to revolve around the next drink or party. Whoever heard of a sober musician who worked as a bartender and chef? I had more fun drinking than I should have ever been allowed. But it started going south at some…
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Join Us in Discussing Untamed by Glennon Doyle
Read more: Join Us in Discussing Untamed by Glennon DoyleI first read Untamed by Glennon Doyle Melton when it was released in 2020. The way she wove her sobriety into the bigger picture of her life spoke to me in so many ways. I immediately read every other book of hers. In Untamed Glennon discusses what she calls “My One Thing” and that one thing…
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Desperate to Quit Drinking…
Read more: Desperate to Quit Drinking…Not so long ago, my life was full of “if onlys.” If only my life wasn’t such a mess. If only I had more money. If only I weren’t so lonely. If only I could find a better job. If only, if only, if only. The biggest “if only” of all was, “If only I…
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Walk With Me Into Lasting Change
Read more: Walk With Me Into Lasting ChangeThere is a quote that is shared often in online sober support groups ; and another that appears routinely is : If nothing Changes, nothing changes When you’re trying to stop drinking and stay sober, lasting change can be elusive. Nothing is worse than a consistent, continual, years-long hangover, yet people struggle to stop drinking…
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How Sober Life Became Jubilant for Me
Read more: How Sober Life Became Jubilant for MeIn the online community that I host to help people reach their goals of stopping drinking or cutting down on alcohol, we have a theme every month to give the year some structure. A sober life can be a daunting thing to imagine. Most people who are new to living life alcohol-free like to have…
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Join Us in Discussing the book Chasing the Scream by Johann Hari
Read more: Join Us in Discussing the book Chasing the Scream by Johann HariI first read Johann Hari’s book Chasing the Scream, in September 2016. I was 18 months sober and working with my orchestra on a cruise ship. While my colleagues were all enthusiastically enjoying the all-you-can-drink hospitality I found refuge in the ship’s library. I had read a lot of what is often called “quit lit” in…
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Top Sobriety Blog Posts to Help You Stop Drinking and Stay Alcohol-Free
Read more: Top Sobriety Blog Posts to Help You Stop Drinking and Stay Alcohol-FreeSobriety blogs, and blogs in general, have evolved a lot since I read my first post on Unpickled back in 2015. In 2015 blogs were mostly personal. Blogs, and especially sobriety blogs, were an expression of an individual’s ideas or experience enthusiastically shared in this new wide open forum of the internet. Blogs had not…
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Alcohol is…An Alcohol Awareness Month Public Service Announcement
Read more: Alcohol is…An Alcohol Awareness Month Public Service AnnouncementALCOHOL IS A DRUG Alcohol is not a wonderful magic potion. It’s just a drug. I would love to get the word out; to undo the misinformation and the manipulation by alcohol advertising which creates false expectations of how “good” alcohol will make you feel and how it’s “just what you need”, because “you worked…
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Embrace the Adventure of Living Life FREE !
Read more: Embrace the Adventure of Living Life FREE !April is alcohol-awareness month and I would like to invite you to join me in celebrating awareness with an alcohol-free month. I’ve had a long and colorful relationship with alcohol but I’m now happily retired from my illustious drinking career and that is worthy of celebration. My first taste of alcohol was during my senior…
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. Find us HERE for connection and support when you need it.
Featured Pages
- Tool Kit
- How is Your Relationship With Alcohol?
- Are You Sober Curious ?
- How to Stop Drinking
- A Family History of Addiction
- Alcohol the Seductive Beast that Kills
- Alcohol, Brain Chemistry, Mindfulness and Neuroplasticity
- Emotional Sobriety
- Staying Sober
- Sober Milestones
- An Alternative to Alcoholics Anonymous and Traditional Recovery
- Debunking the Glamour of Mommy’s Wine Time
Authors and Categories
Authors
Alice Vie
Annette Spiritual
Artemis Quinn
Beatrix (@Freesparkles)
Beth
Clare
Colorand
Eloise Blue
Floss (poetry and verse)
Juno
LollieKay (music)
Lore
Maggy M
MrsP
MyrDan
Paul Humphries / YOSSA
Robert
ROK
Ryan
Sober Don
Ted’s top Ten
Winged Victory
Zoo
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