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Sobriety Chat: Simone
Listen to psychologist and addiction clinician Simone talk about what attracted her to alcohol, learning to accept her introverted self, the advice she gives clients who are trying to quit, and the wonderful surfing metaphor she uses to describe the transition to a sober life.
February 29, 2024 – 4 comments
Sober Story: Rob
"I regained the ability be present for the people in my life, I had been absent through drinking for many years."
February 9, 2024 – 5 comments
Sober Story: Emily
"A common anxiety for people giving up booze is that they or their life will become boring. It won’t. It will be richer and more grounded."
January 26, 2024 – 1 comment
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 – 7 comments
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 – 5 comments
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 – 23 comments
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 – 4 comments
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 – 2 comments