Boozemusings

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Category: Sober Stories

  • Mapping out 110 days Alcohol Free – BOOM!

    Mapping out 110 days Alcohol Free – BOOM!

    This is a map from drunk to sober. A map that I drew along the way with help from the people here. Today I am 50 years old and 110 days alcohol-free! 110 days without a hangover. 110 days sober and holding fast. Not even the COVID-19 lockdown could break my stride. –published in 2020–…

  • 3 Months Sober and Unstuck!

    3 Months Sober and Unstuck!

    I honestly don’t think I would have stopped drinking had the pandemic not forced me to be alone with myself.  These past 4 months since the onset of covid have changed everything. I’ve never spent so much time alone, and to spend a majority of that time in a sober mind, facing my thoughts and…

  • 16 Lessons I learned when I Stopped Drinking

    16 Lessons I learned when I Stopped Drinking

    I was sober last year for 6 months – almost. I say almost because I had 2 nights of drinking in that time so I wasn’t 100% text book sober. I was not what most people would call an alcoholic but I was pretty committed to going alcohol-free. For one reason or another my life seemed…

  • From Alcohol Dependant to Loving Living Alcohol Free

    From Alcohol Dependant to Loving Living Alcohol Free

    Today I have been alcohol-free for four years. I say alcohol-free rather than sober because that is how I feel. FREE! Once alcohol dependent categorized a chronic alcoholic. Once trapped by my need to drink no matter how bad things got but now FREE! When I started on day one, I honestly didn’t think I…