Category Archives: Sober Stuff

LOL!! Hi! Okay my fellow sober friend sent me this meme today and I can’t stop laughing at it and it’s making me so happy. It’s fuckin hilarious BECAUSE IT’S TRUE! A lot of people seem to think that giving alcohol the boot = things like being serious, boring, shy, un-fun, etc. Incorrect! Once IContinue reading “Stay weird, my friends!!”

Ah, May Long. The prototype binge drinking occasion of my past. A weekend to drink as much beer as possible. A time to get falling-down drunk, dip into malnourishment, think it was hilarious, maybe cry about a bunch of drama, and then suffer post-shit-show depression on Tuesday, because of course I was getting day-pissed allContinue reading “May Long Weekend.”

Hi! Okay so ya, I know I go on and on about sober life. How it’s the shit and everything is better (not ALL better, but better in every way vs. booze life) and I share about it because I want to spread the magic. Since I started coaching in February, I have come toContinue reading “Coaching. Right up there with Sober Life!”

I ran into a friend at the coffee shop this morning and I told her I was having some Monday anxiety. Nothing major but I feel it. Recently I posted about how Mondays don’t affect me the way they used to when alcohol was still part of my life, but when I thought about itContinue reading “Monday morning haunted me today”

Yes. (In Prince Rupert) it’s finally sunny! I used to synonymize a sunny day with DRINKING. It was automatic. Sunny days and getting drunk went together like sourdough and peanut butter do in my current life. The strength of some alcohol associations..impressive. Some of mine actually felt indestructible for a long time which I’d sayContinue reading “IT’S SUNNY”

Hope you had a good long weekend!! I definitely did, but I wish I prioritized a few things differently… I woke up this morning SO so tired, like so sleepy I wanted to cry. And last night instead of getting groceries we watched an episode of Vikings and stayed cozy in the living room… soContinue reading “even a mild hangover would have ended me today!”