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Tag Archive for: bravery
Today's sober hero is Sadie from Texas in the US. ========= Mrs D: How are you feeling about what...
Today's sober hero is Lynn from Sydney. ========= Mrs D: How are you feeling about what's going on with...
Today's hero is Nicky who lives in Auckland. ======= Mrs D: How are you feeling about what's going on...
Today's hero is Daisy who lives in Scotland. ========= Mrs D: How are you feeling about what's going on...
Today's hero is Polly who lives in Cornwall, England. ======== Mrs D: How are you feeling about what's going...
Today's hero is Pam, a kiwi living in Brisbane. ======== Mrs D: How are you feeling about what's going...
Today's Sober hero is Claire who lives in Cornwall in the UK. ========= Mrs D: How are you feeling...
Today's hero is Tammy who lives in Wellington. ======= Mrs D: How are you feeling about what's going on...
Today's hero is Fiona from Grey Lynn in Auckland. ======= Mrs D: How are you feeling about what's going...
Today's hero is Jose who lives in Sydney, Australia. ========= Mrs D: How are you feeling about what's going...
Today's hero is Sarah from Epsom in Auckland. ======= Mrs D: How are you feeling about what's going on...
Today's hero is Sandra who lives in Colorado, USA. ====== Mrs D: How are you feeling about what's going...
Today's sober hero is Zoe from Mt Eden, Auckland. ======== Mrs D: How are you feeling about what's going...
Today's sober hero is Susan who lives in Columbus, Ohio - USA. ========= Mrs D: How are you feeling...
Today's sober hero is 'V' who lives in Scotland. ========== Mrs D: How are you feeling about what's going...
Today's sober hero is Lisa (@agent99) who lives in Auckland. ========= Mrs D: How are you feeling about what's...
This is a new series of 'Sober Lockdown Stories' featuring people with any length of sobriety sharing how they're...
This is a new series of 'Sober Lockdown Stories' featuring people with any length of sobriety sharing how they're...
This is a new series of 'Sober Lockdown Stories' featuring people with any length of sobriety sharing how they're...
This is a new series of 'Sober Lockdown Stories' featuring people with any length of sobriety sharing how they're...
This is a new series of 'Sober Lockdown Stories' featuring people with any length of sobriety sharing how they're...
This is a new series of 'Sober Lockdown Stories' featuring people with any length of sobriety sharing how they're...
This is a new series of 'Sober Lockdown Stories' featuring people with any length of sobriety sharing how they're...
This is a new series of 'Sober Lockdown Stories' featuring people with any length of sobriety sharing how they're...
This is a new series of 'Sober Lockdown Stories' featuring people with any length of sobriety sharing how they're...
This is a new series of 'Sober Lockdown Stories' featuring people with any length of sobriety sharing how they're...
This is a new series of 'Sober Lockdown Stories' featuring people with any length of sobriety sharing how they're...
This is a new series of 'Sober Lockdown Stories' featuring people with any length of sobriety sharing how they're...
This is a new series of 'Sober Lockdown Stories' featuring people with any length of sobriety sharing how they're...
This is a new series of 'Sober Lockdown Stories' featuring people with any length of sobriety sharing how they're...
This is a new series of 'Sober Lockdown Stories' featuring people with any length of sobriety sharing how they're...
This is a new series of 'Sober Lockdown Stories' featuring people with any length of sobriety sharing how they're...
This is a new series of 'Sober Lockdown Stories' featuring people with any length of sobriety sharing how they're...
This is a new series of 'Sober Lockdown Stories' featuring people with any length of sobriety sharing how they're...
This is a new series of 'Sober Lockdown Stories' featuring people with any length of sobriety sharing how they're...
This is a new series of 'Sober Lockdown Stories' featuring people with any length of sobriety sharing how they're...
This is a new series of 'Sober Lockdown Stories' featuring people with any length of sobriety sharing how they're...
This week's Sober Story comes from Stacy, a 48-year-old living in San Antonio, Texas. =========== Mrs D: How long...
No-one would choose the conditions of a pandemic lockdown to help with getting sober, but in some ways the...
Soberversaries are a mixed bag. Mostly they're quietly fabulous and amazing and lovely. But they can also be quite...
I can tell you that change is possible. I can tell you the story of how I turned my...
Sometimes I worry that I'm repeating myself with all the writing that I do on addiction and recovery. I've...
Someone once asked me: "How do you move on from that need to escape your feelings by soaking yourself...
Today I am not going to shy away from anything that is happening to me. I'm not going to...
When I first quit alcohol it felt like I was standing on the edge of a cliff staring into...
This week's Sober Story comes from Daniel, a 54-year-old living in London, UK. Mrs D: How long have you...
Whether you are newly sober right now or have been living without alcohol for some months (or years) you deserve a...
I’ve been to quite a few parties as a sober person now and generally I don’t have a problem...
Boy I did use to put a lot of effort into being a booze-pig. So much time and energy spent...
I’m not usually a huge one for New Year’s resolutions because I don’t want to feel useless when I don’t...
That’s our biggest fear when we quit drinking isn’t it … that other people are going to think we...
This guest post comes from beloved community member @inthegarage66 (known by his shortened nickname as @itg). For a while...
This is one of the main things I want every person who is stuck in a miserable boozy hell-hole...
Our beloved and very clever community member @prudence has just celebrated her 2-year soberversary! It has been such a...
Lovely long term community member @hetiheti wrote in the Members Feed recently as she approached her 700th sober day; “this sober...
I think we need to accept that there is a certain amount of grief that goes with getting sober....
Getting sober is hard work – it is! Anyone who says otherwise is either lucky or lying. Of course...
If anyone is reading this post and hasn’t yet registered to become a member here at Living Sober and...
This might sound strange but in many ways I am grateful for being an addict. Why? Because without having...
I think a big part of the reason I’ve never picked up a drink since I made the decision...
Once again here I am going on about brain re-training. It is VITAL! It is CRUCIAL! It is HUGELY...
Am I a failure because I’m not calm and contented all the time? Am I a failure because I...
We are very fortunate that the lovely @suek has written another exceptional guest post for us. Sue’s writing ability...
Today marks one year since my big TV ‘outing’ as an alcoholic in recovery. It was a huge scary...
A member posted this question in the Members Feed the other day… “I need some wise advice. So how do...
It’s such a loaded word ‘boundaries’. People say it with such gravitas sometimes. ‘Know your boundaries’ they might say...
Some of you may remember that my dear friend (and long-time member of this site) @suek has recently been...
It’s the million dollar question isn’t it? When does living sober become the new norm? When does sober become ordinary?...
One of our fabulous members @PJNT has made it to over 160 days sober (whoop!), although she says she’s...
Beloved member @prudence wrote this marvelously stirring and inspirational update in the Members Feed the other day and I thought it was...
One of our wonderful members @hilux is a dab hand with poetry – he often writes his updates and...
Member @Zentient wrote this in the members feed a couple of days ago… “Trigger! And I don’t mean Roy...
Member @freebreezi posted this in an update in the Members Feed last week and I was really struck by...
I just got a random lovely email from a dude in Utah – he works at Thistle Creek Ranch...
This photo arrived in the ‘Faces of Recovery’ gallery just two days after Living Sober went live. At the...
