Getting sober and living sober are two very different things. One is a short(ish) term project that is hard work...
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That's our biggest fear when we quit drinking isn't it ... that other people are going to think we...
(This is a post from 2018 that is worth republishing because of the powerful message it contains for some...
Sober Hindsight is one of my favorite things about living alcohol-free. Sober Hindsight is something you only really experience when...
For some reason these three simple words often make me teary. If you can say this to yourself -...
5 o'clock was bloody hard for me in the early days of getting sober. Very bloody hard. Because this...
This guest post comes from sober hero and yoga teacher Sue (@suek). ============ Everyone knows they should be doing...
Here’s how you go on holiday and don’t drink. 1) Go on holiday 2) Don’t drink And here are...
Boy does life change when we quit drinking and are no longer subject to the impacts of artificially altering our...
Sometimes I have this fleeting thought that I’m actually kidding myself that I’m still fun now that I’m sober…...
The end of the year can be a particularly tricky time for us sober people. Lots of financial pressures, social events to...
Our beloved and very clever community member @prudence has just celebrated her 2-year soberversary! It has been such a...
I think we need to accept that there is a certain amount of grief that goes with getting sober....
This update was posted by our beloved long-time member @ylang-ylang (over 700 sober days hooray!) in the Members Feed...
This guest post comes from Jay, the Community Outreach Director at One Mind Dharma. ========== On March 20th of...
This might sound strange but in many ways I am grateful for being an addict. Why? Because without having...
We talk about self-care a lot here at Living Sober. It’s so ridiculously important. Right now for me it’s the...
I don’t think I was very resilient when I first got sober. My emotional coping mechanisms weren’t well formed...
Member @ylang-ylang posted this update in the Members Feed the other day and many of us thought it was...
Oh how scornful I used to be about naval gazing! “Naval gazing is for sissies” (I’d say). “People who always...
I’m interested in the concept of boredom … particularly how it relates to boozing & sobriety. I always used...
We’re just people who don’t drink alcohol. I’ve just been hanging the bunting in the dining room for tonight’s...
