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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.
Sober is a sparkly word
Someone was trying to tell me the other day that ‘sober’ is a negative word with staid and boring connotations.
November 15, 2019 – 18 comments
Let yourself soar
I can vividly remember the morning of my last hangover, standing in the kitchen with my throbbing head, messy hair, dry mouth, miserable face and deep overwhelming guilt.
October 15, 2019 – 20 comments
Happy, proud and satisfied
I had one of those classic ‘couldn’t do this if I was still boozing’ parenting moments the other day.
October 7, 2019 – 18 comments
Behind Closed Doors...
That’s where most of my boozing went on in the latter years.
September 13, 2019 – 27 comments
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
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