Category: Relationships

  • Want to Quit Drinking? Tips From an Everyday Sober Super Hero

    Want to Quit Drinking? Tips From an Everyday Sober Super Hero

    I read in Paul Churchill’s book, Alcohol is Sh!t “If you want to figure out why you drink, quit drinking and you’ll find out pretty quick.” That hit home. I drink because I hate my life and it bores me to tears. I drink to make myself sufficiently numb and mindless that I can stand […]

  • Leaving My Abusive Relationship With Alcohol

    Leaving My Abusive Relationship With Alcohol

    My relationship with alcohol did not follow the path that I expected when I took my first casual drink. I once thought that alcohol was my confidant, my comfort, my power. But alcohol turned out to be a narcissist, a bully, my kryptonite. My relationship with alcohol was like a love turned sour and I […]

  • How do You Stop Drinking and Stay Sober with a Partner Who Drinks?

    How do You Stop Drinking and Stay Sober with a Partner Who Drinks?

    When I stopped drinking over five years ago, there was not much in the blogs and books that I was reading that addressed how to stop drinking if your partner continued to drink. There was mention of living sober with a normy, meaning someone who could drink moderately. But, I could not find any points […]

  • 6 Reasons I’m Staying Sober after 6 months Alcohol Free

    6 Reasons I’m Staying Sober after 6 months Alcohol Free

    My beautiful better half told me recently that I should go on a hiatus from being alcohol-free in the summer so that I could drink white wine with him on our long summer nights. Although I did have one day off, I’m not taking a hiatus; I’m still firmly on the alcohol-free wagon. When I […]

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