Take Five or 24% Happier
Over the years, long before I stopped drinking, I got into the habit of, after closing my book and closing my eyes to sleep, asking myself, “What was the happiest thing of this day?” And Read More …
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#10 The Joy that Passes All Understanding
A huge benefit of not using ethanol that keeps popping up for me, is that “the peace that passes all understanding” is so much more evident in my everyday life. In this Eckhart Tolle clip, he says sometimes Read More …
#9 Feeling Fully
After I’d become a mother, my mother revealed to me that she had always worried that I might be too sensitive to have kids; that I was such an empath, so sensitive, that I might Read More …
#8 Switchflippers, anyone?
Just because we’ve stopped drinking ethanol, doesn’t mean we have to ignore cocktail time. I’m living it up! What better way to make fun diversion at cocktail time than to make switchflipper (mocktail) concoctions? It’s Read More …
#7 Living it Up
One of the biggest trends I notice in the two ethanol cessation communities I visit is that there’s a lingering feeling of loss, of coping with the stress, of yearning, even grief, of stopping using Read More …
#6 Heidi’s Helpful Hints
I wrote this as the holidays were approaching. There are these little life events that were repeated over and over, over the years, where familiar images and sensations were branded into our brains and Read More …
#5 Peeling the Onion
It appears I am dealing with stuff that I usually used ethanol and lifestyle to ignore or suppress. The “issues” have no real names; they can’t be verbalized, which is quite a challenge for me Read More …
#4 Not Counting
HSM (Hello Sunday Morning) is doing the counting for me, but I am staying away from counting. It’s not one day at a time, it’s NOW and no thank you. I strongly feel that counting Read More …