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10 Things I’ve Learned in 100 Days Sober
Read more: 10 Things I’ve Learned in 100 Days SoberIn the future, when I think of 2020, I will think of the weeks I spent alone in a ski resort town. I don’t think I can accurately write about that time because not enough time has passed, but it was August, and I’d been sober for maybe two weeks. There in the mountains I…
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It’s Ok to Not be Ok – Breaking the Bond of Mommy’s Wine Time
Read more: It’s Ok to Not be Ok – Breaking the Bond of Mommy’s Wine TimeI’m so proud of myself for being sober this Christmas season because last year I was a mess. A hiding my bottles in my shoes mess. I sunk into a Mommy’s Wine Time routine as an accepted adult comfort, but drinking became the problem, not the solution. My husband is in the military so he…
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5 Thoughts to Help You Stay Sober from Christmas to New Year’s Eve
Read more: 5 Thoughts to Help You Stay Sober from Christmas to New Year’s EveOver the last 15 years, I can count on one hand the number of sober Christmas to New Year’s Eve holidays I’ve celebrated: two. My first sober holiday season in recent memory was six years ago in 2014. That was the year that my father passed away … while I was with him. Losing my…
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The Opposite of Addiction is Connection
Read more: The Opposite of Addiction is ConnectionI used to think that my drinking habits were a sign of weakness, of a flawed character. I used to think that when I chose a sober weekend, I was punishing myself – like a kid in time out because I didn’t follow the rules. I quit drinking alcohol for one year, between 2014 and…
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Why I Chose Sobriety – The Magic of my First Sober Christmas
Read more: Why I Chose Sobriety – The Magic of my First Sober ChristmasI tiptoed out of my bedroom and closed the door as quietly as I could behind me. I stepped into the living room to see it filled with all of the wrapped presents my mom, just a few minutes earlier, had left for me. The stillness of the house calmed my nerves and I listened closely…
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When You’re Sick and Tired of Being Sick and Tired – How to Say No to Alcohol in The Party Season
Read more: When You’re Sick and Tired of Being Sick and Tired – How to Say No to Alcohol in The Party SeasonWhen I chose to eliminate alcohol from my life I knew it would be hard at the beginning. I learnt very quickly that by changing the drink in my glass – I was also changing my life for the better. After an on-off alcohol drinking career that had lasted 34 years with many ups and downs…
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12 Days of Holiday Cookies and Home-Baked Sobriology
Read more: 12 Days of Holiday Cookies and Home-Baked SobriologySweet Distractions for my first sober holiday season Are you feeling shaky during the holidays? Does everything feel a little futile? Are you into avoiding work and ignoring emails? Do you want to bury your existential dread in nonpareils and royal icing? You too might need cookies! Or (speaking for myself) therapy! I spent today…
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The Best Cure for Your 2020 Holiday Season Hangover
Read more: The Best Cure for Your 2020 Holiday Season HangoverIs the stress of 2020 and the holiday season driving you to drink? Did you find that you went further than intended with the holiday cheer at the Zoom happy hour or sadly socially distanced holiday party? Or in 2020, with the Covid lockdowns rolling through town again, are you finding that you’re just drinking…
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Staying Sober – A Heroic Tale of Cutting the Umbilical Cord to the Booze Beast
Read more: Staying Sober – A Heroic Tale of Cutting the Umbilical Cord to the Booze BeastHow do you stay sober? There’s getting sober and then staying sober, and the two are a differnt beast. In the past, I spent way too much time arguing with myself about whether or not to have a drink. I was stuck in an endless debate, and I was exhausted by it. Sick and tired…
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Sober Girl’s Guide to the Festive Season and Christmas Freedom
Read more: Sober Girl’s Guide to the Festive Season and Christmas FreedomChristmas loneliness is something that I’ve become accustomed to as a single parent. It can be especially hard to deal with loneliness if you are newly sober during this festive season. Drinking, loneliness, and the festive season went hand in hand for me. The holidays gave me a free pass to drink. Festive drinks. Different…
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