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Beautiful Hangover

How to live and love sober after a lifetime of heavy drinking.

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I’ve been sober for over five years now, but I never intended to quit drinking forever. Back in 2016, I just wanted a break. A year without drinking…

Oct 26, 2021

Our conversation helped me stop over-explaining my choice.

May 1

I’ve written thousands of words on the subject of whether or not I am an alcoholic. Because I got sober with AA, I needed to identify as an alcholic in…

Jan 18

#5 You jokily refer to yourself as an alcoholic.

Nov 7, 2021

“You’ve had two tonight,” my partner says as I drink the last of my alcohol-free beer. “So? There’s no alcohol in them.” “But you started off just…

Aug 27, 2021

There’s a note in my diary I wrote around age 19. I don’t know what to do about my social anxiety. I feel like I’m going to have to do something about…

Aug 3, 2021

The further I get from my first years of sobriety the more I recognize how difficult they were. So much needed to change! And it happened sooo slowly…

Jul 16, 2021

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