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(TMI TBH -Too Much Information Too Be Honest)
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Seven years ago, I made a choice.
I didn’t know what would come next. I didn’t know who I would be without a drink in my hand. All I knew was that I couldn’t keep living the way I had been. It wasn’t working. It was slowly killing me.
Seven years later, I look back at that woman—the one who was ...
I turned 6 years sober yesterday. It was anticlimactic and tranquil. This was a big change from the previous year, when I had an absolute meltdown over my five year milestone.Â
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I went to bed before 8 pm last night. My eyes were tired, swollen, and sore from crying.Â
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The dam of tears welling up inside me finally burst when I called my mom yesterday and spoke all my fears out loud. I admitted that I am lonely. My husband and my youngest have been gone most of the last 2 ...
This weekend was my first born daughter’s high school graduation.
My sobriety made everything so much better.
In some ways it felt like a stress test:
Host a party for 50 people.
Pray for good weather.
Say hello.
Say goodbye.
Introduce people to each other.
Lose sleep for 3 nights in a row.
...I just turned 5 years sober. For most of my life this accomplishment seemed so out of reach for me. What would I tell myself back before my last Day !?
 1. You can do it. You absolutely can.Â
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Put all of your energy towards that. Stop looking behind you. Keep moving forward. Just because you ...
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Today I woke up 5 years sober.Â
It is a glorious achievement.Â
It means I have reached “stable remission” from alcohol use disorder.Â
Milestones are a tricky thing.
Just as a huge achievement was rounding the corner for me, a crippling wave of shame crept in even faster.
I spent most of the...

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