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Sober Man 365: Restringing the Clothesline Sober
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Chronicles a just-turned-40-year-old Kiwi man's year without booze. Tuesday, 27 December 2016. Restringing the Clothesline Sober. I'm having one.". I prepared sushi for pre-dinner snacks and then ran over to my father-in-law's while the others went ahead in the car. There were a few quiet drinks but the emphasis was on family. I drove the family home later in the night, weary from the big day but happily sober. The only (small) regret I have is that I didn't see the light and quit alcohol sooner. Wonderf...
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Sober Man 365: January 2017
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Chronicles a just-turned-40-year-old Kiwi man's year without booze. Wednesday, 18 January 2017. Nostalgia and Other Mind Tricks. Like Lotta Dann says, life is often raw and gritty and tough, without alcohol to numb ourselves to life's struggles. But I wouldn't have it any other way. I'm committed to living my life sober. And that's what I'm going to do. Saturday, 14 January 2017. Treading a Fine Line. On my Facebook page - revealing my new sober lifestyle for the first time to my wider circle. 2 Would it...
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Day 200 yesterday | geekgonesober
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I drank to shut off my brain. Learning to live inside my head without anesthesia. Digging in the Dirt. Emotions flowing – big day at the Supreme Court →. March 28, 2015. 8221; That was funny enough to me, but then H started acting out what that would look like. I laughed so hard I snorted! This entry was posted in Uncategorized. Digging in the Dirt. Emotions flowing – big day at the Supreme Court →. March 28, 2015 at 3:05 pm. I love those small moments of joy. That is what life is all about. You are comm...
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sad | geekgonesober
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I drank to shut off my brain. Learning to live inside my head without anesthesia. Wake Up and Smell the Catastrophe (It’s all in my head). Digging in the Dirt →. March 17, 2015. This entry was posted in Uncategorized. Wake Up and Smell the Catastrophe (It’s all in my head). Digging in the Dirt →. March 17, 2015 at 5:08 pm. The universe is full of good people. And scared people who sometimes act from a place of fear. You are not alone. Hug. March 18, 2015 at 2:49 am. March 18, 2015 at 9:40 pm. You are com...
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Sober Man 365: A New Year to Remember
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Chronicles a just-turned-40-year-old Kiwi man's year without booze. Monday, 2 January 2017. A New Year to Remember. As the clock ticked over to a new year (and I hugged, kissed and shook hands with each member of this year's small group of revellers) my sobriety spanned across two years for the first time since I was was a young bullet-proof teen. Truly sober reflections. Powerful. Honest. Real. Or is it a mix of both? Is it merely an absence of the dehydrated state left after a night of boozing? One thi...
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Sober Man 365: November 2016
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Chronicles a just-turned-40-year-old Kiwi man's year without booze. Wednesday, 16 November 2016. A Never Drinker's Perspective. As I head past five months' sober I am finding reading about the experience of others hugely valuable. So here it is, practically in its entirety. Let me know what you think. I was planning on replying to your note today and woke to hear you had another earthquake in the 'hood. No fun in that and I hope all is well with you. I have no idea why I did not drink; my father drank ev...
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Sober Man 365: Emerging Again
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Chronicles a just-turned-40-year-old Kiwi man's year without booze. Friday, 2 December 2016. Is this the part of being sober Mrs D pre-warned me about? When you go from the euphoric feeling of early sobriety and then something painful happens and you have to face it square in the face and deal with it, no longer able to squash it down or numb it with alcohol. This morning I ran a familiar route on Christchurch's Port Hills. I felt the rain washing down my cheeks, and finally felt like I was emerging ...
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Sober Man 365: August 2016
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Chronicles a just-turned-40-year-old Kiwi man's year without booze. Tuesday, 30 August 2016. If I can do this, what can't I do? But I'm becoming more and more certain that this is the path I'll tread for the rest of my life. I think there's a certain increase in self esteem that comes with this journey. I like myself more now (not in an arrogant way, but more in the way I'm coming to accept my faults as part of my humanity rather than any particular failing). Thursday, 25 August 2016. I've just sent in m...
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Sober Man 365: Merry Sober Christmas
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Chronicles a just-turned-40-year-old Kiwi man's year without booze. Thursday, 22 December 2016. This time of year brings with it the added stress of last-minute shopping, madly rushing to get all your work done for ever-demanding clients before the close of the working year, more people on the roads trying evermore ambitious and crazy manoeuvres to get to where they want to go as fast as possible, and the impending arrival of family and friends for a Christmas toast. It's been quite an amazing six months...
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Sober Man 365: A Never Drinker's Perspective
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Chronicles a just-turned-40-year-old Kiwi man's year without booze. Wednesday, 16 November 2016. A Never Drinker's Perspective. As I head past five months' sober I am finding reading about the experience of others hugely valuable. So here it is, practically in its entirety. Let me know what you think. I was planning on replying to your note today and woke to hear you had another earthquake in the 'hood. No fun in that and I hope all is well with you. I have no idea why I did not drink; my father drank ev...
