I’ve written about this a few times at least by now, but for some there comes a time in sobriety where keeping track of the days, months and milestones just isn’t as much of a focus anymore. This is my life now and I rarely look at my sober app. However, today I just lookedContinue reading “1900 days!”
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It’s Friday, and there’s no rush
I’m sitting here at my massage therapy practice, having just finished up for the week, and I am struck with such a wicked feeling. I’m calm, grounded and I have zero sense of urgency. Urgency about what, you might be wondering… I remember times, even as a teenager getting off work on Friday evening atContinue reading “It’s Friday, and there’s no rush”
It’s Monday, I’m cool with it
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”
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””
