It’s day 9 of the alcohol-free May challenge. Just a friendly reminder, don’t forget to stock up on your favorite alcohol-free drinks for the weekend! This picture was taken by a friend who traveled to Hawaii and enjoyed the entire vacation without a drop of alcohol and had the most amazing time waking up early, […]
Category Archives: Sober Tips
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May
May
If you’re looking to reevaluate your relationship with alcohol, these five questions may be helpful to curb your alcohol cravings. If you aren’t looking to change your relationship, these questions are sure to be annoying and seem like fluff. I’ve been on both sides and understand! Anyways, this post is for those who are […]
2020 has been a crazy ride so far – and what has largely kept me going is to find ways to laugh. I’ve been finding ways to laugh through sharing coronavirus memes, parenting during pandemic jokes, and funny texts I’m sharing with friends and family. I think laughing and finding humor in a lot of […]
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May
May
Today, for Day 5, I wanted to address ways you can reduce anxiety without alcohol. This was a question I received this week from someone doing the 31-day alcohol-free challenge. “I struggle extremely with anxiety. When I drink the next day, my anxiety is out of control but then when I don’t drink it is […]
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May
May
At the beginning of March, I bought a copy of Glennon Doyle’s Untamed. I looked forward to reading it and discussing it with several girlfriends who had also purchased it. But we all know what happens to the best-laid plans right? [Disclosure: Some of the links below are affiliate links, meaning, at no additional cost […]
“We probably won’t ever stop the conflicting voices in our heads but we can get used to them, determine which one is on our side and then try our best to listen to that one.” – Janey Lee Grace Elvis, our dog, knows he’s not supposed to dig in the backyard. But sometimes he does […]
If you are joining me on the May 2020 alcohol-free challenge, happy 2 Day Without Alcohol! Day 2 Without Alcohol Sometimes quitting drinking seems really, really hard. Sometimes it seems not so hard. But I want to talk about the hard part because we’re in this challenge. First off, you can absolutely do this. You’ve […]
For Day 1 of the May 2020 Alcohol Free Challenge, I have so much stuff that I want to share but I feel like small snippets would be better and we can build off everything over the next coming days and weeks. Day 1 Alcohol-Free Challenge Today I’d like to talk about the little decisions […]
We Are The Luckiest – by Laura McKowen For some reason, I resisted reading We Are The Luckiest by Laura McKowen. And I’m not sure why. [Disclosure: Some of the links below are affiliate links, meaning, at no additional cost to you, I will earn a commission if you click through and purchase.] I follow […]
Goal-setting during coronavirus pandemic We are, after all, living in the face of furloughs and industries crashing and navigating an unknown social climate. I’m still worried I’m somehow not being as productive a member of society as someone else seems to be. I’m inspired and awed by those who are taking life by the horns […]