I just thought of one of my most HATED memories of the drinking days. Not a specific memory but more of a trend. Mondays. Specifically, Monday mornings. Whether the hangover was from “Sunday funday” (eye roll) or still lurking from Saturday, Mondays SUCKED. Anxiety. Disorganization. House a disaster. No clean laundry. No groceries. Nothing toContinue reading “It’s Monday, I’m cool with it”
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the SMELL of sobriety! LOL
OKAY so I was at my friend’s boutique yesterday and she has a great selection of fancy candles. The saleswoman (another fabulous friend of mine) says, “smell the Yuzu + Birch, it’s my favourite!“ So I pick up this heavy, swanky candle and take a long smell…my eyes went big and I said to herContinue reading “the SMELL of sobriety! LOL”
Sober Life is like a Mary Oliver quote
I’ve been more committed to practicing gratitude lately and I base it around one general concept to get me started. I’ll try to explain. So back in the day whenever I had anything from a severe hangover to just the tail-end of mild hanxiety, I would emotionally assault myself about why I, AGAIN, was feelingContinue reading “Sober Life is like a Mary Oliver quote”
“How to Quit Drinking”
“How to Quit Drinking.” – an instruction manual I searched for off and on for close to ten years. This of course was after searching for a few other things (also over and over again) that by now I’ve learned are super common for many people to poke into a search engine. Things like: “helpContinue reading ““How to Quit Drinking””
Good things are coming!
Wow okay I’m so excited about something ELSE ahah (always something, gotta stay excited!!!) Today Suzanne and I decided to collaborate on a confidence & sobriety project!!! We have yet to establish exactly how it will materialize (virtual course, group program…) but the combination is going to help a lot of people, this I know.Continue reading “Good things are coming!”
I didn’t want to get up this morning…
and then a thought popped into my head.. a thought you might think would have faded by now, or lost its excitement… I DON’T HAVE A HANGOVER. Seriously. Over 5 years later and I can check in with that before 6am, half conscious. It gave me some butterflies and I got up and made theContinue reading “I didn’t want to get up this morning…”
