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Resonating Harmoniously at 6 Months Alcohol-Free

The human potential is truly great and we need to be attracted to our own possibilities. Alcohol keeps us from experiencing our potential. But once you taste it… once you taste your possibilities… once you taste your potential… Look out! #sobercurious

Day 182 Alcohol-Free! It’s almost 6 months since I went through the portal. Truly I am never going back to drinking. I have traded a brief high that costs far too much from my whole life, for a state of feeling consistently good, full of energy and creativity. It is no contest and I feel zero attraction to the junk. As always I am surrounded by alcohol. We all are! But even this weekend, fixing…

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Sobriety is a Dirty Word

Sobriety is a Dirty Word

“Sobriety” in and of itself sounds and feels so sparklingly pure. Free. Liberated. An enlightening achievement. Sobriety I’m keeping my body “clean” and “free” from the poisons of alcohol. But saying you’re sober feels like announcing you are pregnant and going to have a baby. It sounds so fresh, wholesome, pure and wonderful! Everyone celebrates and cheers the good news. But the flip side is…

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If You're Trying to Stop Drinking- Don't Give Up!

“I only have one life and as such, I am duty-bound to live it the best way I can not live either hell or purgatory of my own making when I could be creating my own heaven. "

I realised I had to do something about my heavy drinking about 7 years ago. During this time I’ve had some spells of not drinking but nothing that’s lasted longer than 6 months. Every time I stopped I’ve wanted to stay sober for life but have always been tempted back.

I’ve read everything and tried everything. 

Once I take a break from drinking for a while I feel ‘better. I feel healthier.…

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Sharing the Keys to Getting and Staying Sober

Sharing the Keys to Getting and Staying Sober

Lately I’ve come to realize that you really do have to do the work to stay sober.  Everybody does that differently, but I find that reading about everything & anything, all things sober, is really helping.  This sober life, getting sober and the work I’m doing to stay sober, reminds me a lot of when I started running.  

When I was training to run a marathon, I used to read a lot of articles &…

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What if You Don't Need the Wine ?

What if You Don’t Need the Wine ?

What if…

What if you only think you need that wine? What if without it you would actually be fine?

You’ve trained your brain to play the alcohol game But what if the wine left only a stain?

What if you don’t need the wine ?

You think you can’t get rid of it You think it’s here to stay But what if it’s not indelible If you can wash that stain away?

What if a more balanced life is…

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How do you Stop Drinking? Our Community Shares What Worked for Us

When you stop drinking, the first three or four weeks alcohol-free, the first month sober, can be a treacherous time. It would be great if there was a magic pill that worked for everyone, one that you could take to erase the feeling

When people join our online community BOOM Rethink the Drink, they are asked how they found us and why they are here. After reading hundreds of answers, the answer to that question that has stayed with me was the one that sounded most like me 6 years ago – 6 years ago before I stopped drinking. When I was searching online for the solution to a problem that I just could not solve. This is how I…

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