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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
Sober Story: Sheri
“I used to think I was drinking because I was miserable, turns out I was miserable because I drank”.
July 16, 2023
Sobriety Chat: Sheryl
Listen to company director and board chair Sheryl talk about her decision to quit drinking, the alcohol culture inherent in the the corporate world, the career warning she was given when she announced her decision to quit and the impact her sobriety has had on her life and career.
July 11, 2023
Sober Story: Gen
"I was in a constant cycle of either drinking, planning my drinking or being very hungover. To this day I can’t believe what I functioned on with awful hangovers."
July 4, 2023
Sober Story: June
"I knew that getting alcohol out of my life was the most important achievement in my life."
June 8, 2023