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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.
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Drinking vs Sobriety – Perspective from 2 Years Sober
Read more: Drinking vs Sobriety – Perspective from 2 Years SoberBefore and After I Stopped Drinking Before … Before I stopped drinking alcohol I was tired all the time, overweight, slept terribly, and consumed junk food, or no food at all. My hands were numb most mornings. I had headaches and heartburn almost every day. In addition to the headaches and heartburn, I had body…
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Top 5 Pivots I Take When My Brain is Focused on Alcohol
Read more: Top 5 Pivots I Take When My Brain is Focused on AlcoholI do need to stay sober for so many big reasons. Continually using my sobriety toolbox builds my sober muscle. The more sober muscle I have the more I realize I love my life without alcohol.
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14 Ways to Heal Like a Hero – Inspiration to Take Back Your Life
Read more: 14 Ways to Heal Like a Hero – Inspiration to Take Back Your LifeHow small I made my life. Somehow, I just didn’t want to notice how much time my wine glass was stealing from me every single day. I didn’t have time to read a book. I didn’t have time to clean out my cupboards, I didn’t have time to go for a long walk or to…
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Beat the Machine
Read more: Beat the MachineWe really do shatter The Big Lie every time we take life head-on and sober, delving into it with all it’s uncomfortable “feels”. And pretty soon, the balance shifts from hazy, monotone days that bleed one into the next… to vivid, crystal clear days full of meaning and punctuated with discovery. The kind of days…
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What are the Consequences of Drinking too Much?
Read more: What are the Consequences of Drinking too Much?A life filled with booze truly is a life of reactivity. It’s shadowboxing. Swinging away at whatever moves – expending energy on an illusion. Sobriety, on the other hand, is proactive. It’s taking the wheel. It’s steering your own ship again – choosing your destination and enjoying your ride on the waves, whatever may come.
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When Enough is Enough and You Know It’s Enough
Read more: When Enough is Enough and You Know It’s EnoughI realized that the solution to my problem was simple. I could drink, I just couldn’t let anyone catch me drinking or drunk. Thus began the nights of “going to bed early because I’m sober now and that’s what sober people do,” aka, drinking in my bedroom with the door locked.
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Celebrate Your Best Intentions
Read more: Celebrate Your Best IntentionsThis time 4 years ago, I was in deep denial about my drinking problem, and had resigned to the fact that drinking was me, part of me, woven into the fabric of me, and my lot in life. Never did I even consider quitting. I always joked.”I’m not a quitter!”
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