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Sober Story: Sadie
"I have so much more time, as before I was constantly thinking about my next drink, when I could have my next drink, how I was going to hide my next drink."
January 7, 2024
Sober Story: Quint
"It was a metamorphosis. Drink was so embedded in every aspect of my life that stopping revealed a whole new me."
December 21, 2023
Sobriety Chat: Matty
Listen to city counsellor Matty talk about the boozy rugby culture of his youth, life in the navy, reaching rock bottom with his drinking, reconnecting with his family and Pasifika culture in sobriety, and the rewarding work he now does within his community.
December 14, 2023
Sober Story: Bell
"The last few months and years of my drinking were exhausting. I was tired. I drank every night and bolted awake at 3am to have an existential crisis."
December 3, 2023
Sober Story: Kim
"The most difficult thing was the emotional aspect. I was like an open wound and I was not emotionally equipped to handle any of my feelings."
November 22, 2023
Sober Story: Wendy
"There is joy in recovery. My recovery friends are funny. My marriage is stronger than ever. I am so much happier now, than I was when I was drinking."
October 29, 2023
Sober Story: Alex
"I have had the odd time when I’ve thought it would be nice to have a drink but it quickly disappears because I prefer ‘sober me’."
September 30, 2023
Sobriety Chat: Hetti
Listen to wife and mother Hetti talk about how she lived in denial that her heavy drinking was a problem, why it took so long for her to quit, the strength she drew from the Living Sober community, and the difference sobriety has made to her inner life and relationships.
September 18, 2023
Sober Story: Lou
"I was my harshest critic. Drinking allowed me to stay stuck in that place and stopping meant liberation from my own self-shaming behaviour."
September 7, 2023
Sober Story: Stacey
"My anxiety was made SO much worse by the alcohol. it wasn’t the cure I thought it was (sorry all you Mommy’s Little Helper lovers)."
August 12, 2023