Tag: yoga

  • Finding Something You Love More Than Alcohol – Follow Your Bliss

    Finding Something You Love More Than Alcohol – Follow Your Bliss

    I love success stories, don’t you? Well, this isn’t one of them.  I’m reporting in on how my 40-in-40 (40 classes in 40 days) Self Yoga Challenge is going: this photo of my coffee mug pretty much says it all. It only took a few days before Life overcame my best intentions and things fell…

  • How to Stop Drinking Away the Pain

    How to Stop Drinking Away the Pain

    I spent a long time not wanting to drink and found myself drinking anyway.  Sometimes it was a learned response to my body’s signals for something else like hunger or thirst. Sometimes I drank to numb emotional pain. If you spell the acronym HALT – hungry, angry, lonely, tired- those are the triggers that set off…

  • Sober Momentum- Enjoying the Journey by Learning to Tone Your Vagus Nerve

    Sober Momentum- Enjoying the Journey by Learning to Tone Your Vagus Nerve

    Boozing too much builds unhealthy neural pathways. It’s fair to say that most of us stop regulating our emotions in healthy ways when we routinely drink through life’s ups and downs. In my case, I was managing all my emotions with alcohol. There wasn’t a single feeling that I didn’t think would be better filtered…

  • There is no drug Sweeter than my Sobriety

    There is no drug Sweeter than my Sobriety

    Sober Curious No More ! There it is 100 Days Alcohol-Free ! Well you could have knocked me over with a feather. I didn’t plan to quit drinking until the day it happened, instantly upon reading the article here, Guide to the first month of Sobriety….For the Sober Curious. It was the first time I had…

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