Being an alcoholic took up so much of my time. I was a daily drinker for over a decade before getting sober, and I can’t even begin to imagine how many hours of my life were devoted to alcohol. (devoted, is the word, I was in love). Alcoholism truly consumed my life. I started drinking […]
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Today, we are discussing Mocktails and alcohol-free beverages and how this helps or hinders people with Alcoholism. I know many people have different views on this topic, and remember this is only my opinion and recovery. Everyone has their own story, and we are accepting of everyone’s opinion and going back to 2010, in yet
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How many of these did you know were once in addiction? Alcoholism does not discriminate based on race, economic status, age, religious beliefs, education, or gender. There is still a stigma that alcoholics are somehow less than others, which is not valid. Those with successful jobs and clean records are not exempt. The celebrities in
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Friday, 9th March 2012, was just a typical day for me as it started. I had woken up after a night of heavy drinking feeling sick, shameful and fearful, so to get rid of that feeling, I did what I had been doing for some time to alleviate that feeling, I took another drink, I
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Happy St. Patricks Day. And for my fellow Irish man, “Lá fhéile Pádraig sona dhuit!” Coming from an Irish background, my father was Irish, and I married an Irish man in my early twenties. (I also divorced an Irish man in my early twenties, but that is a whole non-alcohol-related story) Once I had turned
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When I first got sober, I was full of fear, not knowing what the future held. Fearful of what life meant without alcohol. How could anyone live without alcohol? After all, it is everywhere. Learning about gratitude helped me cope with this fear. How would I celebrate my children’s 18th? Would they never be able
Are you struggling to escape the news coverage of COVID-19 and the related stress of feeling alone as we’re encouraged to embrace social distancing? Are you like me, a hugger and now feel a criminal when you forget and go in and hug someone?? God forbid, as you get the looks that make you feel
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At 4.45 am this morning, the alarm went off, and I struggled out of bed while the rest of the house was still sleeping. Sobriety, has allowed me to wake up at this time, hangover free. As I opened the door to the cool 21 degrees, I could hear the birds singing and the bats
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We all know that as a society in the world we live in, we drink a lot. There’s always a reason to drink, always an occasion, always a Y in the day, and there are always people encouraging you to do so. When many of us think of an alcoholic, we see someone waking up
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