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Category: How I Stopped Drinking

  • Uncovering my Untethered Soul

    Uncovering my Untethered Soul

    A quote about sobriety hit me like a brick this week:  “Success is never permanent and failure is never final. Keep your focus on staying the course.” My mind immediately went to all the stories and personalities I have encountered in the podcast world, where I spend at least an hour a day if not…

  • How I Stopped Drinking Without AA

    How I Stopped Drinking Without AA

    Nine years ago, I was in a dark place. I was unable to feel fully alive without drinking routinely, yet worried that I was losing my life to alcohol. I’d always understood that the only way out of that predicament was to accept that I was an alcoholic, head to Alcoholics Anonymous, and start working…

  • Dive Into Dry July

    Dive Into Dry July

    Australia’s Dry July will be starting soon and it’s a great time for “sober curious” people to dip their toes in the pool. I’ve read some interesting critiques of the Dry July and Ocsober initiatives. It’s been said that paying people pledge money to take a month off alcohol encourages us to glorify drinking and…

  • The Seductive Allure of Lying about Addiction

    The Seductive Allure of Lying about Addiction

    My obstetrician suggested a small glass or two of wine a day to help me relax while pregnant. That was back in 1998 when the hype about wine being heart-healthy had just begun to pick up momentum. I had read that alcohol could hinder brain development in utero though so there was no way I…