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Perspective from Four Years Alcohol-Free
Four years ago today, after waking up with what felt like the worst hangover of my life, I promised myself that I would give up alcohol. I’d known my drinking was a problem for at least ten years before that morning, but until then, despite my many failures to do so, I believed I could…
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Join Us in Discussing In the Realm of the Hungry Ghosts by Gabor Maté
In the Realm of the Hungry Ghosts by Gabor Maté may be challenging and intense to confront at times. The title alone conjures a horror story. What does Maté mean by Hungry Ghosts? In explaining the basis of the title of his book, he says: “The inhabitants of the Hungry Ghost Realm are depicted as…
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Join Us in Discussing Push Off From Here by Laura McKowen
When Laura McKowen, the author of We Are The Luckiest, attended her first AA meeting, sick, exhausted, and filled with shame, an older woman came up to her and said, “No matter what, you can push off from here.” For many of us in early sobriety, there is one phrase, spoken at just the…
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A Book Club About Much More Than Quit Lit
Four years ago I followed an article on how to stop drinking to an online community called BOOM. My early days in the Boom Rethink the Drink Community were life-saving. I devoured every post shared in the app, and I unabashedly shared my story, my fears, and my eventual success. I also found a new…