I always think weekends will be so hard not to drink, harder than any other day.  But that is not true for me as I have woken up on a Monday or Tuesday with a major hangover.  I don’t tend to drink more because it is the weekend. Everyday I seemed to have a reason… Continue reading Saturday Night

When I feel constantly like I am recovering from some degree of a hangover, I really don’t enjoy the simple things. It is so nice to enjoy a coffee or 10 minutes to read an article.  Usually I am focused on just wanting to feel better and much energy goes towards trying to relieve the… Continue reading Enjoying The Simple Things

Many successful sober bloggers talk about taking things minute by minute. I have  never really understood the minute by minute advice, not that I didn’t think it would help, I just thought I would feel like I wanted to drink more as the night went on.  What could be different a minute later?  I needed… Continue reading One Minute

I thought I would remind myself again, why I cannot drink anymore. The wine witch is not calling my name tonight BUT I want to write down how I feel hungover to remind me when I am tempted to drink.  Nothing is worse than a hangover! The awful 4 a.m. wake up with a dry… Continue reading Hangovers

The war is still progressing between the wine witch and I.    We are both taking casualties and winning on different days. I managed to stay sober while away at the in-laws cottage and had a great time with my son and niece.  We swam, ate lots of ice-cream and I slept like a log.… Continue reading Triggers

For those of you wanting to get off the booze train and wonder when you will EVER start to feel better, I find it is around day 9 or 10.  Today I felt happy.  I had some work to do and was happy doing it not just struggling through it. I enjoyed doing some small… Continue reading Day 9

I really did meant to post yesterday but due to a bunch of events and wifi issues when I was trying to log in at midnight last night, I gave up. BUT  I am still off the sauce! Yesterday was a busy day, my niece was baptized and my sister (  her mom) is also… Continue reading Day 8