1,000 days Sober! March 2, 2015. It sounds like a long time. I honestly barely think about alcohol or drinking any more. Being a mom is so much more important to me. That girl is my life! December 31, 2014.

What makes Soberman a hero is not that he has power, but that he has the wisdom and the maturity to use the power wisely. As part of signing up for the 100 Days sober challenges at Belles. Yesterday I was assigned to find a small treat for every second day the next two weeks. That task was a tough one.

In the years before I quit drinking I tried to create the perfect. Life I ate according to rules. And I drank and drank and drank even though I wanted to quit. So, please, read this. And forget the diets, quitting smoking, sugar and or pop cleanses. At least for the first 5 years. Do you know the poem. Makes sandwich, puts clothes in dryer. Oh hey, that was fast! .

Writing my way out of drinking. Lessons in clarity and grace. During our first two days in Stockholm, I met a lot of new people. I have not had to do this for a long time. I showed my husband this today. He said that my trip .

Learning to live without alcohol. It was a terribly uncomfortable situation since this man knew my husband when he was younger and really wanted to have a drink with him. 1 I told an old friend th.

Setting Sober Goals for 2015. Way down here in the Southern Hemisphere the seasonal holiday is a long one, incorporating our Summer and lots of 5 o clock drinkies and BBQ drinkies and elevensies and on and on it goes. That would be the usual pattern at this time of year, but remarkably I am not feeling deprived of a drink. I am in fact finding this holiday easier to navigate than I was expecting. With 90 days they have stopped asking.

Saturday, March 7, 2015. For which I am grateful! And I am grateful that I have been continuously sober since January 3 of this year. Sunday, February 22, 2015.

Ups, downs, and everything in between. 1 year sober and a time for reflection. Well, I have made it to one year of sobriety! It is absolutely nuts to see my countdown clock on my phone read 365 days sober! I remember when it only said 7 days! Then, I look back at two, three, four, five, six years ago when I was back in college boozing. I suffered from a concussion my freshman year after falling on ce.

Swimming in Big Chunks of Truth. It starts with the slowdown. Then a look downwards confirms it a flat tire.

Learning to walk on sober legs. Ugh! I need to get a grip. I should have realised this was a bad idea. All I wanted was a drink. I thought it would relax me and help me get my thoughts straight. But it seems to have just made things worse.