Chronicles of my 365-day journey living alcohol free
In the early days of my journey to take a break from the booze I was white knuckling it. Every day was a struggle to not drink. My mind was consumed by it: “Don’t drink tonight. Don’t go to the store and buy a bottle. Don’t go the cocktail club in the building where I […]
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I did it!!! This gal who– once upon a time was in love with drinking wine–conquered a whole year without a drop of booze. Let me say up front that my greatest discovery from this experiment has been that I was in love with a lie. I bought into the false-based peer pressure, social pressure […]
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“Oh, you’re so boring!” “What???,” I say kind of perplexed and irritated all rolled into one. Yes, as I sit here happily home alone on New Year’s Eve 2018–soon to ring in Serene 2019–if I had a dollar for every time someone has called me boring during the last 323 days I would have a […]
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Today is December 8th. This date has never had any real significance for me other than it’s the birthday of my dear friend Bill. But on this day in the story of my life, I have achieved a milestone that I am so proud of. I’ve gone a whole 300 days of living booze free. […]
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Snooze the Booze 