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Sober Story: Sue

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This week’s Sober Story comes from Sue, a 59-year-old Kiwi-Canadian living in Canada.

June 12, 2020 – 15 comments

Mulled Apple Juice

Drink of the Week

The weather is getting cooler here in New Zealand and that means it’s time for lovely warm and spicy drinks!

June 5, 2020 – 1 comment

Brain Re-Training (Video)

Interviews Mrs D's Blog

One of the big jobs we have to do when getting sober is to turn around all the hard-wired thoughts we have about alcohol.

June 3, 2020 – 6 comments

Sober Story: Nancy

Interviews

[image id="3015" alt="lettering 'this is who I am"" width="1024" height="683"] This week’s Sober Story comes from Nancy, a 62-year-old living in Louisiana, USA.

June 3, 2020 – 8 comments

Creamy Coffee Mocktail

Drink of the Week

I always love an opportunity to get the cocktail shaker out!

May 26, 2020 – 1 comment

My sober pandemic: Sadie

Interviews

“I have pride that I am not drinking.

May 16, 2020 – 7 comments

Pineapple and Ginger Sparkler

Drink of the Week

I got the juicer and the cocktail shaker out for the first time in a long while to make this drink.

May 15, 2020 – 2 comments

My sober pandemic: Lynn

Interviews

“I’m a nicer parent, present at bedtime with the kids (before I really couldnt be bothered after several wines).” ========= Lynn: Interesting times for sure; frustration but I also see some lovely things going on too, which I am holding on to.

May 13, 2020 – 3 comments

Do you really want to change?

Mrs D's Blog

You have to want to change in order to change.

May 10, 2020 – 9 comments

My sober pandemic: Nicky

Interviews

“I’ve always hidden how I feel but my coping strategies were alcohol and self harm and I quit both.” ======= ======= Nicky: At the beginning of lockdown, the company I contract to assured me there would be plenty of work that I could do from home while I looked after the kids.

May 10, 2020 – 6 comments