Humility, Honesty, Healing……… In 2002 when I’d written in a notebook that I needed to cut down I thought I had booze under control. No, it was already in control of me…… It took me 13 years to be humble enough to finally admit I needed to quit (2015) . It took 13 years and
Do you feel like you are drinking too much too often and losing control? Drinking more than you are comfortable with? Maybe you are sick of the hangovers? When I was drinking I would wake up and immediately evaluate: how hungover am I? Here were the usual options: 1) Oh good : I only had
Did you know that grateful people live longer? They also tend to be healthier and happier than their non-grateful counterparts. Yet, we spend so much time fretting and worrying about what’s wrong in our lives that we forget to be grateful for everything that’s *right*. The tendency to focus on what’s wrong in our lives
At the end of many of our posts, you’ll see this disclaimer – Boozemusings is a lifestyle blog and the BOOM Community is a peer support group. We are NOT trained addiction counselors but simply a community of people who have overcome or are overcoming alcohol issues. I will be six years sober in December – but
So I stopped drinking in MarchThis year actuallyOne evening after a bottle of wine for teaI felt unhappy and no longer “me” Why was I turning into?Who knewIf you’re going through this tooDo you still feel like you? There were lots of questions I started to askTo find the answers my mind was taskedLike wasn’t
