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Here Lotta Dann writes on topics inspired by discussions taking place within the Living Sober community, and on themes that arise for her as she moves through her own sober life.
Not caring what other people think
[image id="2915" alt="text: "what other people think of me is none of my business"" width="1024" height="683"] One of my biggest fears when I stopped drinking was how other people would take the new sober me.
August 21, 2019 – 17 comments
Learning to understand ourselves
I knew after I stopped drinking that if I was going to be genuinely at peace with being sober, I needed to retrain my brain.
August 8, 2019 – 7 comments
Bravery comes in all forms
We talk a lot about bravery here at Living Sober.
June 18, 2019 – 9 comments
Guts and bravery
Sometimes I worry that I’m repeating myself with all the writing that I do on addiction and recovery.
June 5, 2019 – 14 comments
A powerful observation
I go on a lot about brain-retraining in early sobriety… how we need to really embrace the reality of a sober life by actively working inside our grey-matter to turn our thinking around.
May 28, 2019 – 15 comments
You're not a bad person, you're addicted....
….but the problem is, if you let yourself down often enough, break promises you’ve made to yourself constantly and often act in a manner you wish you wouldn’t – you do start to believe that you are shit.
April 16, 2019 – 19 comments
A step along the recovery pathway
This guest post on relapse comes from treasured community member @daveh.
March 16, 2019 – 12 comments
Why I Love Being Sober
I love being sober because I never have to waste any emotional energy worrying about how much booze I sank last night, or physical energy healing my body after yet another wine binge.
March 11, 2019
These are my intentions for today
Today I am not going to shy away from anything that is happening to me.
February 13, 2019 – 20 comments