#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 …
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#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 …
#3 Liquid Language – The Semantics of Sobriety
This is the post this whole blog is named for – a must read for anyone who wants to change their thinking around ethanol. One crazy thing is: The words I refuse to ever use, Read More …
#2 How’d you do that?
I know that when I was drinking, which was pretty steadily for around 40 years, I thought of stopping as a daunting, complicated, nearly impossible challenge. In recent years, I’d just resigned myself to drinking until Read More …
#1 Last Hangover!
I am adamant about not counting days. This was my first journal entry after stopping drinking. I figure if sharing helps just one person, then I will share. I have experienced my last hangover! I Read More …