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Sober Starts with I Can’t but Becomes I CAN!
Read more: Sober Starts with I Can’t but Becomes I CAN!I’m 4 years sober but even now, the thought of living without alcohol for forever is daunting. “Wait, I can’t drink anymore?” Face it, there are lots of things I can’t do anymore. I can’t carry my baby anymore – he’s 26, 180 lbs, and taller than me. I used to race him…. when he was…
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Alone in My Field – Tuned in to Serenity
Read more: Alone in My Field – Tuned in to SerenityI had a long day yesterday, ended up working longer than usual. I got Irritated, Restless, Tired and Hungry, then the strike of an urge surfaced. URGH!!! HALT gained 2 letters and turned into HARLIT!! I reached for water (gulp!, gulp!, gulp!) and a green apple (crunch!, crunch!, crunch!). It seemed to pass… Closed our store,…
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9 Reasons I’m Finally Staying Sober – It’s Never Too Late
Read more: 9 Reasons I’m Finally Staying Sober – It’s Never Too LateToday I am 476 consecutive days sober. Like many others who are trying to stay sober I have had numerous Day 1s. The alcohol-free days lasted anywhere from a few weeks to nine months, off and on since 2015. But this time is different. How do I know I’ll stay sober? My ambivalence is gone.…
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Tuning in to Love
Read more: Tuning in to LoveThere are only a few holidays found around the world, but one is today! Today is a worldwide celebration of Love. Happy Valentine’s Day! Let’s start today loving ourselves. As you look in the mirror and brush your teeth, embrace the unique and beautiful person that smiles back at you. Mouth the words, “I Love You!”,…
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Grab Back Ahold Today!
Read more: Grab Back Ahold Today!January marks a new year with the possibilities of growth and new, fresh ideas about life. We humans seem to gravitate to markers like these more often than not. In January most of us are excited to focus on opportunity, on hopes for what’s to come, and plans on how to get there. But what…
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The Pointy Pebble!
Read more: The Pointy Pebble!Do you remember running through the sprinkler as a child on a hot sunny day? The “ready-set-go!” dash towards that quick burst of cold water!! Naked feet stomping through the grass all afternoon long, sometimes sliding sideways down on one knee or your tush because that grass was slippery. But you got back up just…
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What Comes After Dry January?
Read more: What Comes After Dry January?Dry January is an annual celebration of possibilities in our online community Boom Rethink the Drink. It is one of 12 annual, month-long alcohol-free challenges that we share, and have been sharing since 2017. This year for Dry January we decided to inspire each other to get out and walk every day by sharing images…
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Join Us in Discussing Dry by Augusten Burroughs
Read more: Join Us in Discussing Dry by Augusten BurroughsI’m excited to be starting my 10th year sober by hosting a discussion of Augusten Burroughs’s book Dry. Addiction/recovery autobiographies like Dry were crucial to my staying sober in my first few months alcohol-free. It wasn’t the instructional self-help books that helped me the most in those early months, it was the autobiographies. For the…
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5 Years Sober – Stand Back up and Never Give Up
Read more: 5 Years Sober – Stand Back up and Never Give UpLong term success with sobriety is something that can be daunting. I’ll be 5 years sober this month and so I have been reflecting a lot lately about my sobriety and why this time, after many previous stops and starts, sober has finally stuck. I can reduce it to the YinYang of power vs powerlessness,…
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Surfing Emotions in Early Sobriety
Read more: Surfing Emotions in Early SobrietyFaith saved me. FAITH in having something you can’t see, or touch, is what brought me to the surface really. Following the examples of people before me. Having faith in them and learning from their knowledge and surfing skills was really the only way I could hang on, and am still hanging on to my board.
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 ?
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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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