Category: Sober Stories

  • Learning to Let Life Happen – Celebrating One Year Sober

    Learning to Let Life Happen – Celebrating One Year Sober

    If you are going to stop drinking, you quite simply have to stop drinking, but stopping is not easy. I think the hardest part in my early days of TRYING to quit drinking was the self-sabotage, and lying to myself. I remember waking up hungover, full of shame and self-loathing, and thinking to myself as…

  • The Silver Lining In My Pink Cloud

    The Silver Lining In My Pink Cloud

    When I first got sober, the pink cloud of peace and tranquility that many people talk about, was nowhere in sight. I wasn’t feeling jubilant, or triumphant, or free. I was stressed, anxious and overwhelmed. As the weeks went by, I of course started feeling proud that I was staying sober, but mostly all I was…

  • Perspective from a Grateful Sober Dad!

    Perspective from a Grateful Sober Dad!

    Today I am one year alcohol-free. My coffee cup says #1 Dad. What made me #1 to my kids? Well, it took some work, but today I can say that I am the most Grateful Sober Dad ever! I had my last drink one year ago today. It was a Rolling Rock. I was on…

  • My Sobriety is a Threat to My Addiction

    My Sobriety is a Threat to My Addiction

    This realization came to me on one of my last sober stretches. I was doing great, hopped in the shower, and BAM, my brain started unleashing every hurt followed by the fear of facing them sober. It almost knocked the wind out of me. I have kept some painful truths tucked away in there and…