I am about to celebrate 11 years of sobriety (yay me!) and just yesterday I wrote in the Members...
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I love that most nights I sleep very deeply for many hours. Such a change from when I had...
Negative emotions suck and cause discomfort, but sitting with them and feeling them 100% in the raw helps immensley...
The Fear
Mrs D | | Mrs D's Blog, celebrities, gratitude, happy | 15The biggest thing I always want to say when asked about my sobriety is that living alcohol-free is not...
Learning to understand ourselves
Mrs D | | Mrs D's Blog, brain re-training, fun, gratitude, happy, self-care, socialising | 7I knew after I stopped drinking that if I was going to be genuinely at peace with being sober,...
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...
How to holiday sober
Mrs D | | Mrs D's Blog, calm, happy, socialising | 5Here’s how you go on holiday and don’t drink. 1) Go on holiday 2) Don’t drink And here are...
It’s just bullshit all the lies that are fed to us about all the wonderful things alcohol brings to...
Sometimes I have this fleeting thought that I’m actually kidding myself that I’m still fun now that I’m sober…...
This guest post comes from our much treasured member @prudence who has worked through some tough circumstances recently including the death of...
“Would you like to sample some wine?”
Mrs D | | Mrs D's Blog, brain re-training, drinking-culture, happy | 7She was very cheerful the lady at the supermarket who asked me this question. She was dressed smartly, standing beside...
Tomorrow is Mother’s Day. My husband is away overseas for work so it’s just me and the kids here...
Brighter and Lighter (Guest Post)
Mrs D | | Mrs D's Blog, happy, honesty, self-help, soberversaries | 36One of our very brave and amazing community members @wvlheel has just celebrated his one year soberversary – yay!...
This update was posted by our beloved long-time member @ylang-ylang (over 700 sober days hooray!) in the Members Feed...
Self-Care (guest post)
Mrs D | | Sober Self Care, calm, happy, hope, self-care, self-help | 19We talk about self-care a lot here at Living Sober. It’s so ridiculously important. Right now for me it’s the...
I just celebrated my 1600th sober day! I probably wouldn’t bother counting days at this stage of my sobriety...
This guest post was written by the wise and lovely@suek after she hosted some friends for dinner recently. ============ @suek:...
A special Christmas gift (Guest Post)
Mrs D | | Mrs D's Blog, brain re-training, gratitude, happy, hope | 7The Silly Season is fast approaching and already there are rumblings in the Members Feed about what a difficult...
It seems to me that a lot of people have been commenting in the Members Feed recently about all...
Wellington Get-Together..
Mrs D | | Mrs D's Blog, community, fun, gratitude, happy, socialising | 15Living Sober has just had it’s inaugural annual get-together! A community-led meet up of brave sober warriors in Wellington....
There is no downside (guest post from @ylang-ylang)
Mrs D | | Mrs D's Blog, calm, gratitude, happy | 17Member @ylang-ylang posted this update in the Members Feed the other day and many of us thought it was...
Sober Freak
Mrs D | | Mrs D's Blog, gratitude, happy | 12Ok I am officially a sober freak! It’s Saturday morning and I woke today at 6.20am, picked up my...
The Rules…
Mrs D | | Mrs D's Blog, happy, honesty, regret | 24I got the idea for this post from member @citygirl. She wrote a fabulous update in the Members Feed...
The haze of satisfaction…(are we having fun here?)
Mrs D | | Mrs D's Blog, fun, happy, socialising | 10I participated in a Bubble Hour podcast recently about ‘Sober Fun’. It was totally great – I love doing...
Member @AEG wrote this in the Members Feed the other day. I thought it was just such a lovely...
Member @freebreezi posted this in an update in the Members Feed last week and I was really struck by...
Naval Gazing…
Mrs D | | Mrs D's Blog, brain re-training, calm, happy, self-help | 32Oh how scornful I used to be about naval gazing! “Naval gazing is for sissies” (I’d say). “People who always...
Yesterday was lovely – my Three Years Sober celebration day! I felt very happy and proud of myself all day,...
Happy Sober Reality!
Mrs D | | Mrs D's Blog, fun, happy, socialising | 40Oh wow everyone … how utterly incredible you all are for sharing those brutal truths. Really, really, really, really,...
Gratitude…
Mrs D | | Mrs D's Blog, gratitude, happy, hope, soberversaries | 26I woke up this morning inexplicably happy to be sober! Just a big burst of happy endorphins and optimistic...
Fun at the kindy disco!
Mrs D | | Mrs D's Blog, fun, happy | 14Lots of people have been reading Jason Vale since I raved about how great he was (along with Allan...
We are not boring losers…!
Mrs D | | Mrs D's Blog, brain re-training, calm, happy, hope, raw, socialising | 9We’re just people who don’t drink alcohol. I’ve just been hanging the bunting in the dining room for tonight’s...
We’re hosting a big dinner party here on Saturday night. A 10th Anniversary Dinner Party Extravaganza! for our Antenatal...