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My husband’s Drinking
Sobriety Changes You Why does my husband’s drinking bother me so much? Sobriety will inevitably change you, it gives you back your life. A life you wouldn’t have realised you were losing to alcohol until you stop. Drinking alcohol also changes a person, when we drink we often lack motivation and begin to care less about our appearance. Our mood deepens into depression and problems, even the simple ones become enormous challenges. Facing Challenges Having faced some of those challenges this week it’s been yet another tough one. However I stayed sober, and I am so thankful I did as I began to voice my husband’s drinking habits. On Monday…
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Sobriety and Food Connection
It has been longer than I anticipated for my follow-up on this subject. Regarding food and Sobriety connection. My own analysis is what I am about to dive deeper into for you. As mentioned in my first post on food and sobriety connection I changed what I ate. Instead of carb loading, I went Keto. Indeed cutting out all that sugar I found it calmed me. Furthermore cutting out sugar no longer had me consumed with daily anxiety. Too Much To Deal With I briefly mentioned depression, didn’t I? This stemmed from that daily anxiety. It came in many forms and I would get waves of panic at the thought…
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I Will Stay Sober
One Day At A Time Wow, there have been some tough days this week. Enough so that I contemplated grabbing a bottle of wine on Tuesday to help me ‘forget’. Pleasant experience it was not. That night, thankfully I chose not to drink “I Will Stay Sober” but it was difficult. Deep down I knew I would only wake up worse for wear with anxiety running wild. Instead I stayed sober and I slept well, woke with a calm mind ready for the day ahead. It’s funny that this day almost triggered me because also this week I had two alcohol dreams. Having had them before when I tried to…
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Addiction to Sobriety
Addiction to sobriety. Personally I feel I become addicted to many things, not just alcohol do you? Is it addiction or if it is more of an obsession? Whenever I begin a new phase in my life I have to go all out. Like ‘the gym’ A new program lets say, I become consumed by it. Thinking of when I can get my next session in to developing a stronger lift as soon as I can. Then there are work ideas, I get lots, some good, some not so good. However as soon as I have these ideas I cannot seem to let go unless I realise it is impossible.…
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Alcohol – Do I Really Have a Problem?
It’s been a few days since I have written anything, don’t worry, I am still soberI am on Day 47 and feeling strong. Do I Really Have a Problem with Alcohol? Reading Helps I am at the beginning of a new book that I have had to renew 2 times already. So thought it best to make a start and I’m happy I have. The book is “How to Murder Your Own Life” It’s pretty nitty gritty from the start. It has hooked me in so yes I would recommend it if you have a problem with alcohol. Keep in mind the beginning is not a book for the faint-hearted.…
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Food and Sobriety?
In my opinion, food can certainly help with sobriety! Why? You see not only have I become health conscious over alcohol. I have always been very mindful of what I eat. Mostly in my younger years, it was down to weight loss. I had an irrational fear of my husband not fancying me. As well as believing that others may think that I “had let myself go” if I didn’t look my best. Weight loss woes I, like many of you, struggled with yo-yo weight and it seemed I was constantly on a diet. That is until I discovered the real reason around 5 years ago not looking my best.…
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Sober Holiday?
or Not so Sober Holiday I think I have left you hanging on from one of my earlier sober holidays post long enough. Sorry, I write from the heart, and sometimes this means my tales don’t go by the right sequence of events. My holiday to India, did I drink or not? The short answer is yes. Even after I took a sober flight because I made myself sick with alcohol the evening before. I let the good old voice in my head determine that I would indeed be missing out. Especially if I didn’t lie on the beach or sit in the numerous bars and restaurants without an alcoholic…
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Sobriety – Different This Time
As in the previous post, I talked about pressures from family and friends. Social and home life all add to my not being able to stop drinking. But this time although still very new in my sobriety, I feel different this time. Just One Won’t Hurt Time has passed since I have let “the wine witch” (This Naked Mind – Annie Grace) get in my head. Wine witch, what do you mean? I let myself rationalise why I would be ok to drink. Telling myself, it will be just one or two, it won’t hurt. Or in social situations, I convince myself that I would be spoiling things for others…
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Sobriety – The Beginning
Allow me to paint a picture, this being my 4th post on sobriety. I don’t want to give you any illusion that I have mastered the quit drinking game. I am currently 41 days sober! However, last year from the 2nd of January 2022, I made it past 100 days, I was so impressed with myself, others couldn’t believe I had done it, this even included 1 sober holiday for which I plan to write a separate post on. I was amazed but then….. I Drank. It was coming up to hubby’s birthday and I had booked a few days away, I convinced myself that if I didn’t drink whilst…
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Family and Getting Sober
I have always drank alcohol as you have read before, I never considered what that may have shown my kids as they were growing up, it is something everyone does so why wouldn’t we do this in front of the kids? I remember going for meals out with them, on occassion I would have a glass of wine and my husband would say to the the kids “watch this now, mummy will go all funny” like it was something good, I would laugh along with this thinking it was a fun way to show the kids how mum wobbles when sh’se had a drink, but now looking back, what were…
