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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…
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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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Eyes Wide Open
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve pledged to stop drinking forever, only to find myself back on day one again. I’ve struggled with the commitment to stay sober, even while participating in an online community where others are making it happen every day. So, I decided this month to try something different. Every…
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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…