Tag: Sober Curious

  • Growing a Life Without Alcohol Begins With the End in Mind

    Growing a Life Without Alcohol Begins With the End in Mind

    I am not a gardener, and frankly, most of what I have attempted to grow has not survived. Growing a new life is hard. Gardeners must begin with the end in mind. It starts with a seed that germinates quietly out of sight, and as it grows, gains glorious momentum. The seed that started my…

  • The Unexpurgated Truth About What Sobriety Can and Can’t Do

    The Unexpurgated Truth About What Sobriety Can and Can’t Do

    I have discovered the secret. The secret to a youthful appearance and a positive perspective. This secret that I have discovered is the key to everything that I once felt locked out of, everything that marketing experts relentlessly sell to my generation through a myriad of products and services. And this key is not only…

  • Join Us in Discussing Staying Sober Without AA by Charles Deemer

    Join Us in Discussing Staying Sober Without AA by Charles Deemer

    On the copyright page of Charles Deemer’s little ebook “Staying Sober Without AA,” after the title, it continues: or religion, ideology, peer pressure, spousal ultimatums, deals, trade-offs, wagers, false promises, fear, loneliness, self-delusion, and other popular crutches. In 2015, when I was just a few weeks sober, I stumbled upon this little ebook, and those…

  • Join Us in Discussing Push Off From Here by Laura McKowen

    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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