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alcohol, BLOG, Emotions, Escape, Family, forgiveness, friendship, lockdown, recovery, sobriety

Goodbye 2021 and thank you

I want to thank 2021 for the people that it has brought into my life and the freedom I have gained at a time when we were all locked down Continue reading Goodbye 2021 and thank you

BJanuary 1, 2022January 1, 2022Leave a comment
addiction, alcohol, BLOG, Christmas, lockdown, recovery, sobriety

Lockdown drinking – the rise in alcohol intake

It was like we were suddenly on holiday and what do we do on holiday?. We drink of course. And what is the rule about drinking alcohol on holiday? Well, we can start at any time we like. Add to that the beautiful weather that we experienced and it was a perfect storm. Continue reading Lockdown drinking – the rise in alcohol intake

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“For a long time, when it's working, the drink feels like a path to a kind of self-enlightenment, something that turns us into the person we wish to be, or the person we think we are. In some ways the dynamic is simple: alcohol makes everything better, until it makes everything worse.”

Caroline Knapp, Drinking: A Love Story

“I love a martini—but two at the most. Three I’m under the table, four, I’m under the host.”

― Ann Dowsett Johnston, Drink: The Intimate Relationship Between Women and Alcohol

Drinking steals happiness from tomorrow

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“THEY SAY: ‘CAN’T YOU JUST HAVE ONE?’ Oh, man, I never thought of that! You’re a genius! Just one, you say? Rather than five or six? Thanks, Captain Obvious.”

― Catherine Gray, The Unexpected Joy of Being Sober

“Life is hard—not because we’re doing it wrong, just because it’s hard.”

― Glennon Doyle Melton, Carry On, Warrior: Thoughts on Life Unarmed

“Insanity is knowing that what you're doing is completely idiotic, but still, somehow, you just can't stop it.”

― Elizabeth Wurtzel, Prozac Nation

“Disappoint other people with your no; don’t disappoint yourself with a yes you’ll later resent.”

― Holly Whitaker, Quit Like a Woman

“The typical question is, Is this bad enough for me to have to change?

The question we should be asking is, Is this good enough for me to stay the same?

And the real question underneath it all is, Am I free?”

 Laura McKowen, We Are the Luckiest: The Surprising Magic of a Sober Life

being sober delivered almost everything drinking promised.

Anne Lamott, Hallelujah Anyway: Rediscovering Mercy

When you quit drinking you stop waiting

Caroline Knapp, Drinking: A Love Story

“Try going to a mirror when you feel triggered to get a sense for what masks you put on without knowing it.”

Pixie Lighthorse, Goldmining the Shadows

“Be kind to drunk people, for every one of them is fighting an enormous battle.”

Sarah Hepola, Blackout: Remembering the Things I Drank to Forget
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