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Can You Become Indifferent to Drinking?
I’ve been sober almost continuously for a year and a half. I’ve had a minor slip or two, but they’ve been inconsequential and strangely detached from my former drinking habits and patterns, as if I was not involved in them like I used to be, but separate from the experience. Distance, in general, allowed me…
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Trading the Drama of Drink for Serenity
Almost everybody, problem drinker or not, is familiar with the Serenity Prayer. It is so synonymous with alcohol abuse that I think it creates this idea that serenity should be an automatic result of going Alcohol-Free. I can’t say that’s the way it worked for me. Most of my attempts at sobriety were anything but…
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Alone in My Field – Tuned in to Serenity
I 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,…