Tag: Relationships

  • Are You Ready to End Your Abusive Relationship With Alcohol?

    Are You Ready to End Your Abusive Relationship With Alcohol?

    Today is an important day for me. Today is my son’s birthday. He is already in his 30’s and that’s how long my relationship with alcohol pushed him out the way. For a large part of his life, I wasn’t present. Oh, I was there – but I wasn’t there for him. Because I was […]

  • Never Running Out and No Longer Running Away

    Never Running Out and No Longer Running Away

    I never thought it possible when I quit drinking but actual days and weeks go by and I don’t think about it at all now. I used to think about drinking, and then not drinking, and then more drinking literally every day! This morning on my way to work I thought to myself “ how […]

  • Alcohol Takes – Thoughts on Fear, Loneliness and Living Sober

    Alcohol Takes – Thoughts on Fear, Loneliness and Living Sober

    I have felt very lonely in my sobriety and have struggled with this since deciding to live a life free of alcohol. I’ve realized that it’s because I feel that no one really understands the sacrifices made when quitting drinking. Was it a good choice? Yes. Was it a sacrifice? Yes. There is little understanding […]

  • 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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