Tag: Staying Sober

  • On Becoming More Human – One Year Sober

    On Becoming More Human – One Year Sober

    I left an abusive relationship with drinking a year ago and a week today. Overindulgence brought me to my knees and made me hate myself. At a year and a bit alcohol free I have decided to write a list for myself. Advice to me after one year sober. It’s taken a bit to compose. At […]

  • Alcohol-Free is a Truly Amazing Way to Live

    Alcohol-Free is a Truly Amazing Way to Live

    Today I am 7 years sober. Actually, I do not use the word sober to describe myself. Sober is a word that does not describe what it means to me to be free of alcohol – Today I am 7 years Alcohol-Free! Never underestimate how your words can help change someone else’s life. I can […]

  • Staying Sober – 2 Heroic Tales of Cutting the Umbilical Cord to the Booze Beast

    Staying Sober  – 2 Heroic Tales of Cutting the Umbilical Cord to the Booze Beast

    How do you stay sober? There’s getting sober and then staying sober, and the two are a differnt beast. In the past, I spent way too much time arguing with myself about whether or not to have a drink. I was stuck in an endless debate, and I was exhausted by it. Sick and tired […]

  • Diffusing the A in HALT or How to Stop Drinking AT people

    Diffusing the A in HALT or How to Stop Drinking AT people

    My sober momentum has been saved on many occasions by remembering that HALT – or the sensations of feeling Hungry, Angry, Lonely, and Tired, are my biggest triggers to slip and drink. Hungry – Angry – Lonely – Tiredif you are hungry – eat – don’t drinkif you are angry – breath – don’t drinkif you are lonely– reach out – don’t drinkif […]

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