Category: How I Stopped Drinking

  • How to Stay Sober and Happy Even on Your Birthday

    How to Stay Sober and Happy Even on Your Birthday

    When people quit drinking they often fear that there will be days they just can’t stay sober. When you give up alcohol, staying sober on days you’ve always learned to think of drinking as an essential part of, your first alcohol-free Birthday, Christmas, Fourth of July, Thanksgiving, Funeral, Vacation, Cruise, Wedding … etc…can feel like…

  • Before and After Quitting Alcohol – The Real Me at 4 Years Sober

    Before and After Quitting Alcohol – The Real Me at 4 Years Sober

    Life has improved immeasurably since I dropped a house on the Wine Witch Are you thinking about quitting drinking? Don’t worry about whether or not you’re addicted. Cutting alcohol out of your life is the best gift that you can give yourself. That is a fact. Here are images of me Before and After I…

  • Quitting Drinking Opened My Eyes

    Quitting Drinking Opened My Eyes

    I used to think it was okay to drink wine as long as I worked it off the next day. I told myself I didn’t need to quit drinking as long as my little personal trainer had me run wind sprints from her jogging stroller by putting her hands in the air and telling me…

  • How to Recover from Relapse, Slips and Slides when you go Sober

    How to Recover from Relapse, Slips and Slides when you go Sober

    Two years of sobriety allowed me to become everything for myself that I had spent my whole life searching for in everyone else. And yet I slipped and slid away from that precious sobriety. The first time I got very serious and declared my sobriety, I dove head first into quit lit. I scoured the…