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(old favourite REPOST) I quit drinking and discovered I’m an introvert.

(Originally posted February 2018) My entire life I thought I was a straight-up social virtuoso. Fear of missing out plagued me any time I couldn’t attend a party, outing, get-together or weekend away. Any event that might involve alcohol I HAD to be part of. Being someone who’s gone to school, plays sports, has hadContinue reading “(old favourite REPOST) I quit drinking and discovered I’m an introvert.”

I just imagined trying to make sourdough when I was a Lush

Yes, I am one of the 38596948 people who got into baking sourdough bread at some point over the course of this fking pandemic. I love it. The trial and error, trouble shooting, successes and also the process. I love it all! This morning I had a thought. WHEN would I have done this ifContinue reading “I just imagined trying to make sourdough when I was a Lush”

(Re-post of an old favourite) I don’t allow Alcohol to steal these 4 things from me anymore!

the big picture

Whoa. Hey.

Hello!? Is anyone out there? LOL. It’s been a really long time since I wrote anything on this site! SO many things have happened since I was last here…I finished school, started my new career and business, celebrated 5 years sober in December, and have been dealing daily with pandemic-related shit, big or small. RunningContinue reading “Whoa. Hey.”

the recurring falling off the wagon dream

There is this dream that I’ve been having over and over that started a few months into 2016 when I was newly sober. At first I would have the dream very often, sometimes a bunch of nights in a row or sometimes weekly. As time went on, the dream started to become significantly less common,Continue reading “the recurring falling off the wagon dream”

hangover-free mornings: still cool 1292 days later

Hi! Hope you’re having a good summer so far! I just got back up north after finishing the first of two years of the RMT program in Vernon. What a crazy year. It was no joke the busiest I’ve ever been in my life and went by in the blink of an eye. How IContinue reading “hangover-free mornings: still cool 1292 days later”