Toward the end of my drinking days, I knew alcohol was hurting me and that I deserved better. I wasn’t just drinking to celebrate or enjoy the sunset at the end of a beautiful day. More wine was also being poured as a way for me to avoid any kind of negative feelings. And during… Continue reading I Deserve To Be Healthy And Whole. It’s An Alcohol Free Life For Me
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So You Quit Drinking, Big Deal. Now Please Shut Up.
Why do I feel the need to share the news about my decision to quit drinking? Occasionally I wonder if some people wish I would just shut up about it. But only for a few seconds. Because I can’t worry about that. I am speaking up because I LOVE MY PEOPLE. I want you to… Continue reading So You Quit Drinking, Big Deal. Now Please Shut Up.
Tam’s List of The Top 25 Best Quit Lit Books
Reading or listening to “Quit Lit” books has been one of my absolute favorite tools on my trek into alcohol free living this past year. If you are not familiar with the term Quit Lit, I will explain. Quit Lit is a relatively new genre of literature covering the topic of drinking, getting sober and… Continue reading Tam’s List of The Top 25 Best Quit Lit Books
A New Morning Routine Is A Great Tool For Your Alcohol Free Life Toolbox
A new morning routine is something that organically took hold of me after I quit drinking. I hadn’t read anything about doing this to help with my sobriety journey. It just felt like what I wanted and needed to do. After a month or two of catching up on my years long backlog of sleep… Continue reading A New Morning Routine Is A Great Tool For Your Alcohol Free Life Toolbox
How Do You Know If You Have Alcohol Use Disorder?
Alcohol use disorder (AUD) is a term to describe a pattern of alcohol use that spans from mild to moderate to severe. Some refer to the severe end of the spectrum as alcoholism. Alcohol use may begin in the teens. Alcohol use disorder occurs more frequently in the 20’s and 30’s, though it can start… Continue reading How Do You Know If You Have Alcohol Use Disorder?
How Can You Go To Italy And Not Drink Wine? Alcohol Free Living
My First “Not Drinking” Trip to Italy I woke up just before my alarm was set to go off at 3:45am. Ugh. Airport pickup in 45 minutes. Andiamo! Our group tour to Italy has been planned, booked and paid for since 2019 but for pandemic reasons has been delayed to June of 2022. I can’t… Continue reading How Can You Go To Italy And Not Drink Wine? Alcohol Free Living
No More Hangovers! Living Life in Full Color
One of my first really bad hangovers was in high school. I must have been 17. I don’t even remember what I did the night before. Weekend partying in high school usually involved siphoning off someone’s parents alcohol. We would then dump it into our Jack in the Box cups filled with Tab or Coke.… Continue reading No More Hangovers! Living Life in Full Color
Sober Hair Is Actually A Thing! (And 24 Other Great Things That Happen When You Go Alcohol Free)
25 Benefits I Discovered After Going Alcohol Free Having ramped up my happy hour during the pandemic, it dawned on me that I was f*cking exhausted. All the time. Every. Single. Day. I wanted to blame it all on the stress of living with the coronavirus threat. The changes that it brought to my fiancé… Continue reading Sober Hair Is Actually A Thing! (And 24 Other Great Things That Happen When You Go Alcohol Free)