Fiercely Sober

Eight and a half months into my Sober Journey, I could never have imagined it would be like this. I had not envisioned that I could manage a birthday sober, a Thanksgiving sober, a Christmas and New Year sober, all during a frickin’ pandemic. I have experienced isolation, quarantine, employment endings with layoffs due toContinue reading “Sobriety Stew”

I feel like I’ve crossed a threshold. At seven months sober, I have experienced the joy of blissing out on the “pink cloud” of sobriety, especially from around 6 weeks sober to around 5 months sober. I felt so proud of myself; solid in my decision, determined, certain, inspired, resolute, if not just a littleContinue reading “Stop the Fantasy”

This time of the year often brings a busy-ness that can lead to crazy making. With “to-do lists” that never end, obligations and responsibilities that extend in way too many directions sometimes hang over us, choking us. We all seem to have overfilled schedules. It’s no wonder our sanity is pushed to its limits! ThroughContinue reading “It’s okay to just BE”

Two hundred twelve days. Not a drop of alcohol swallowed in all that time. I’ve been told the first year of sobriety, or sometimes even the first couple of years, can be a wild roller coaster ride until all part of ourselves arrive at renewed equilibrium and balance. It can be a long healing journeyContinue reading “Coasting-Day 212”

There are a few tiresome, well-used names and labels in our culture that I absolutely do not embrace. One of those is “Alcoholic”. It is absurd and ridiculous to me to label someone as diseased, piling on a load of shame while singling them out as weak, unable to control their addiction, somehow flawed. WeContinue reading “Mindset”

Every decision I make comes from a desire. My decision to stop drinking alcohol came from the desire to regain my vitality, to feel great, to live my best life. I can say, without a shadow of a doubt, it was one of the best decisions I have ever made. My life has included makingContinue reading “Clarity”

Today is my birthday! I blame my exuberant celebration of birthdays (not just mine but also family and friend’s birthdays too) on my parents. My dad had always been doted on by an adoring mother who felt the world revolved around him. My mom, on the other hand, had felt the opposite. Although her motherContinue reading “Birthday Reflections”

I wanted to take some time to write my own favorite benefits of sobriety after 152 days without swallowing a drop of alcohol, but I got involved in emails this morning, fascinated by a few which lead me down a different path than I had planned, and now I am nearly out of time. However,Continue reading “Being Sober – 12 things to love”

Don’t Label Me Alcoholic Because I Choose Not to Drink By Boozemusings Communityin Maggy M, Top posts for BOOM Community Lots of folks these days, seem fired up about ending the stigma and/or shame of being in recovery, but I still see the labels of “alcoholic” and “addict” tossed about and used by some ofContinue reading “Booze Musings…I love this message and have written often my very similar opinions. I will be forming a community soon for anyone interested in exploring sobriety from a positive perspective. It will be “The Ex-Booze Club”. Let me know if you are interested in joining! Enjoy this awesome article about WHY labels don’t help anything:”