Has it really been so long?

It's been awhile since I posted here. But I'm still on the sober path, despite 2020 being the craziest year in history.

Here's a few podcast/blog episodes you might have missed:

My Fifth Sober Birthday

 Everything Will be OK in the End

Get a New Bucket

The Cloak Of Vulnerability

Standards To Live By.

A layover at the airport. The plight of a friend.

Standards to Live By

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Episode Eleven : Sober Challenges - Pros and Cons.

Dryuary is over, Dry February is here....if you are using a "sober challenge" to kickstart your new alcohol-free lifestyle, listen in for a few tips to help, and pitfalls to avoid..

Sober Challenges : Pros and Cons.

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Episode Ten : Kary May Hickey

Kary May Hickey, author of “Neighbor Kary May’s Handbook to Happily Drinking Less or Not Drinking at All, Quite Happily” and the blog "God Walked into This Bar"  is this week’s guest.

Jackie and Kary May talk about the benefits and pitfalls about Moderation, the sober blogging community and how best to approach “Dryuary”, especially if this is your first time.

Episode Ten

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Why Don't the Strategies Work? Escaping Day One, Part One

Why is it that we know the strategies, but we still can't escape the cravings?

Escaping Day One, Part One

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Myths About Your Month Off

Just finished Dry January? Wobbling over what to do next? Telling yourself some "stories"?

Thought so...

Myths About Your Month off

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101 Ways Your life Improves When You Quit Drinking...Part 2

Twenty more improvements!

101 Ways...Part 2

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Angry Bird

"My “short fuse” was regularly dowsed with incendiary booze when I was drinking, and has, in the past, been responsible for words I cannot retract, posts on facebook that were not erased before they caused drama and havoc, friendships that were irreparably damaged. Once my fuse was spent, I was left with the shame and the fallout."

Angry bird

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Why Sober Challenges Suck..

Here's my new article for VOCAL - a community of bloggers, writing inspiring and interesting articles about every topic and issue you could imagine! I am delighted to join them, and this is my first submission. If you are contemplating joining Sober October - read my article first!

Why Sober Challenges Suck

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We can do Hard Things.

We can do hard things. I know because I just finished one.

We can do Hard things.

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We Only See it When We Stop

The benefits of continuing with Dry July...

We Only SEE it When we Stop

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