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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.

'Boredom' - what is it exactly….?

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I’m interested in the concept of boredom … particularly how it relates to boozing & sobriety.

August 18, 2014 – 22 comments

A little bit of Stephen Fry

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Member @daniel posted this in the Members Feed the other day.

August 15, 2014 – 10 comments

Faces of recovery...

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This photo arrived in the ‘Faces of Recovery’ gallery just two days after Living Sober went live.

August 14, 2014 – 8 comments

The growing phenomenon of online recovery...

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I was contacted a couple of weeks ago by a journalist writing an article on online recovery.

August 14, 2014 – 16 comments

Fun at the kindy disco!

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Lots of people have been reading Jason Vale since I raved about how great he was (along with Allan Carr) at getting into my brain and helping me turn my hard-wired thinking about booze around.

August 13, 2014 – 15 comments

The Trouble With Booze (Nigel Latta)

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Here is the link in case you missed it last night.

August 13, 2014 – 52 comments

RIP Robin Williams

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“There is this thing for alcoholics called a black out which isn’t really a black out it’s more like sleepwalking with activities.” That quote from this interview with him on Australian TV in 2010 .

August 12, 2014 – 29 comments

Service (and how it keeps us sober)

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I’m having an emotional couple of days.

August 12, 2014 – 8 comments

Monday night witching hour...

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Just wondering how everyone going tonight?

August 11, 2014 – 10 comments

The Frightening Stranger

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My big turning point – the point where I stopped drinking and got sober – came the morning after I hid wine from Mr D for the first time.

August 10, 2014 – 31 comments