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It's very hard to explain the intensity of a drinking dream to someone who isn't sober. It's one of those...
The Fire Within…
Mrs D | | Mrs D's Blog, emotions, self-help | 14A lot of the time I'm just chugging on in my sober life feeling fair-to-middling. Worrying about my studies,...
My ugly recovery…
Mrs D | | Mrs D's Blog, emotions, honesty | 12Sometimes my recovery is extremely ugly. Sometimes my recovery involves tears, yelling, feeling low or inadequate, self-destructive thoughts, grumpiness, a...
A letter to my past addicted self
Mrs D | | Sober Self Care, brain re-training, drinking-culture, emotions, honesty, regret, writing | 10Someone suggested that I write a letter to my past addicted self. So I did and you can see...
I've done a lot of work on myself since I quit drinking nearly 9 years ago. And the biggest...
How do you move on from the need to escape?
Mrs D | | Mrs D's Blog, brain re-training, bravery, emotions, raw | 17Someone once asked me: "How do you move on from that need to escape your feelings by soaking yourself...
Why I Love Being Sober
Mrs D | | Mrs D's Blog, emotions, happy, hope | 0I love being sober because I never have to waste any emotional energy worrying about how much booze I...
Thick Sludgy Mud (warning: laboured metaphors within)
Mrs D | | Mrs D's Blog, brain re-training, community, cravings, emotions, hope | 86That's how I think of early sobriety. You've jumped off the Boozy Cliff into a ginormous field of Thick Sludgy Mud...
Tiredness….
Mrs D | | Mrs D's Blog, emotions, self-care | 15Tiredness has a lot to answer for I reckon. Without us even realising it. Living in a state of...
This guest post comes from Suzy Morrison, the Consumer Project Lead at Matua Raki – one of the agencies...
Getting sober and living sober are two very different things. One is a short(ish) term project that is hard work...
A 21st Party (Guest post from @morgan)
Mrs D | | Mrs D's Blog, community, emotions, socialising | 19Lovely long-time member @morgan travelled to Wellington recently to attend a 21st party. She stayed at her elderly Aunt’s house...
We are very fortunate that the lovely @suek has written another insightful guest post for us. I always...
This update was posted by our beloved long-time member @ylang-ylang (over 700 sober days hooray!) in the Members Feed...
Our tribe…
Mrs D | | Mrs D's Blog, bravery, calm, community, emotions | 31This might sound strange but in many ways I am grateful for being an addict. Why? Because without having...
Today is day 1630 of sobriety for me and this is proving an interesting time for me right now… The...
I deserve this…
Mrs D | | Mrs D's Blog, brain re-training, bravery, emotions, self-care, self-help | 17Once again here I am going on about brain re-training. It is VITAL! It is CRUCIAL! It is HUGELY...
It doesn’t solve or fix anything…
Mrs D | | Mrs D's Blog, brain re-training, emotions, self-help | 8Alcohol is such a tricky drug. On the surface it appears to help us deal with things by relaxing us...
This might seem a bit silly and trite but I’m often incredulous about this. Before I got sober I...
It’s never too late to grow up (guest post)
Mrs D | | Mrs D's Blog, bravery, emotions, self-help | 28We are very fortunate that the lovely @suek has written another exceptional guest post for us. Sue’s writing ability...
Resilience
Mrs D | | Mrs D's Blog, calm, emotions, hope | 5I don’t think I was very resilient when I first got sober. My emotional coping mechanisms weren’t well formed...
On my lowest days I sometimes have glum thoughts about my sobriety. It happens rarely nowadays (at 3+ years sober)...
My darling friend @suek is gearing up to move to the other side of the world. I recently asked...
My sugar research…
Mrs D | | Mrs D's Blog, cravings, emotions, sugar | 34(Warning: Long Post with some science-y stuff in the middle) I’m kind of reluctant to post this because –...
Just hold on….
Mrs D | | Mrs D's Blog, emotions, hope | 22I think I’m getting better at this sober living malarkey. The longer I live with no alcohol in my...
You are Brave and Amazing
Mrs D | | Mrs D's Blog, brain re-training, bravery, emotions, raw, writing | 5I just got a random lovely email from a dude in Utah – he works at Thistle Creek Ranch...
I’m interested in the concept of boredom … particularly how it relates to boozing & sobriety. I always used...
Service (and how it keeps us sober)
Mrs D | | Mrs D's Blog, anonymity, community, emotions, honesty, raw | 8I’m having an emotional couple of days. I was a bit shaky yesterday, cried at Yoga last night –...
Happy Sunday morning everyone. Our dinner party was lovely, chatty and fun with lots of delicious food and drink. I...