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Vulnerable – waking up, being sober
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Waking up, being sober. And trying to make sense of what follows. That’s how I’m feeling at the moment. I haven’t re – committed to another year or whatever, and I have felt a few pangs lately, when ‘enjoying’ alcohol seems to be the thing to do. It did seem to trigger an ‘it’s not fair’ train of thought though. I even thought about having a glass of wine with dinner in the evening, then decided against it. Which I was very happy about the next day! August 17, 2015. August 17, 2015. That’s always i...
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Back to reality – waking up, being sober
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Waking up, being sober. And trying to make sense of what follows. I’ve been back home for almost a week, after a wonderful few days in Paris with Mr W. It’s our first wedding anniversary on Sunday, so the trip was really to celebrate our first year. For anyone who hasn’t been, I can’t recommend it highly enough! The treats and rewards system goes completely out of the window and suddenly I’m worrying about drinking. Ffs! I mean, really! Anyway, it didn’t last long. We enjoyed our sushi and that...I’...
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Small changes, big difference! – waking up, being sober
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Waking up, being sober. And trying to make sense of what follows. Small changes, big difference! I not only survived, but really enjoyed a social event on Saturday. It was the carnival. Lots of drinking was done by all (except me! I did notice a few times, there were lulls in conversation, and after the fact I realise I could have said more, asked more questions. But I’m not beating myself up about it – like many things, this is still a work in progress. But progress I have done! 8211; I just had to have...
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in this house. | Seeing Clear Lee
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Musings on becoming alcohol-free. May 13, 2015. April 24, 2016. It feels like there has been a heck of a lot of change happening in my life lately. Or maybe it’s always that way. They say that change is the only constant in life, and this, I know is true. If I don’t like how I am feeling usually all I need to do is wait a few hours or go to sleep, and sure enough, it will shift. I never want to forget what I went through to get here because I never want to go back to that. I got sober in this house.
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Day 300 – en vacances – waking up, being sober
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Waking up, being sober. And trying to make sense of what follows. Day 300 – en vacances. Today is day 300! I am currently on the train to London, where we will be catching the eurostar to Paris this afternoon. This train was crowded when we got on, and there was an announcement about upgrading to first class. So we went for it! The first of several treats, I think, on this holiday😀. May 24, 2015. 2 thoughts on “Day 300 – en vacances”. May 24, 2015 at 11:49 am. Congratulations on your day 300! Test Tube ...
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January | 2015 | sparkly sober
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Writing my way out of drinking. No more days like this. January 28, 2015. January 28, 2015. I am here on a Saturday morning. Shaky, hungover, crying, ashamed, wishing for the world to swallow me whole. For not the first time in recent weeks, I am wondering how to escape being me and those thoughts are dangerous and extreme. This is what I have done to myself. My stomach churns. My head pounds. My heart aches. I hurt. Everything hurts. Begin somewhere, anywhere. January 26, 2015. January 26, 2015. I know ...
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One year on | sparkly sober
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Writing my way out of drinking. July 11, 2015. July 12, 2015. My clothes, as usual, were smoky and strewn across the floor. My stomach, as usual, quivered dangerously. My phone, as usual, revealed a series of increasingly attention-seeking messages to people whose numbers I should have deleted long ago. My memory, as usual, was patchy. That friendship was the first tangible thing I had lost, in a long time, because of alcohol. The plan, when I started this blog on that day last year, was to stop drinking.
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Going my own way | sparkly sober
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Writing my way out of drinking. Going my own way. July 18, 2015. July 18, 2015. By the time I arrived I was warm, headache-free and enjoying the freshness of winter air in my lungs. I was so glad I decided to walk instead of drive because I just had an instinct, which I trusted, that a walk was exactly what I needed. All these little moments of trusting myself are adding up. I’m scared →. 4 thoughts on “ Going my own way. July 18, 2015 at 2:27 am. Liked by 1 person. Suburbanbetty clean and serene. I agre...
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A little bit of inspiration | sparkly sober
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Writing my way out of drinking. A little bit of inspiration. June 27, 2015. I love Leonard Cohen’s music and poetry. If I could pick one thing which sums up how I feel about surviving (and starting to thrive) this past year, it would be this. Got company →. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:. Address never made public). You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. ( Log Out. Notify me of new comments via email. Let today be ...
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