Tag: living sober
Let’s look at some science to see why addiction blinds its victims so much, and how flexing your memory muscles could help you to avoid relapse. Human beings often fall into a trap of preferring instant gratification over long-term benefits. We tend to choose things…
The Betrayal Brigade The first time I ever went into detox after spewing up bile for a week, as a welcome home present, my old friends treated me to a shandy down the local pub. “No more triple-brandies for you,” they tutted playfully, as the…
Do you hate sobriety, resent recovery, and loathe the fact that you’re free from drink and drugs? Here are some common grumbles and stumbling blocks of people new to sobriety and recovery, and five ways to see it all a bit differently. 1. Thinking Your…
Back in the day, I used alcohol whenever I was stressed. Quite frankly, I used alcohol for everything, but if life was difficult, my drinking definitely went up. If things felt like too much to cope with, the bottle would always seem to sort things…
Addiction is a self-rewarding cycle, which is why it often continues even when you despise it. Drinking and drugging makes your brain release dopamine, which leads to you craving more and more of the same substance. The good news is that although addiction is a…
So you’ve found yourself drinking or using drugs again? Or perhaps you haven’t reached that stage yet, but all the red flags are waving, and it seems to be only a matter of time before you pick up a drink or drug. Or maybe you’re…
And Not a Drop to Drink. It’s everywhere, alcohol, isn’t it? But what do you do if you want to stop drinking, or you’ve committed to sobriety, and yet booze is all around you? Maybe your friends and family are still drinking, your partner drinks…
Here are five things I thought would really suck about quitting alcohol that ended up not sucking at all. I hope sharing what I feared about sobriety and recovery will help you realise that whatever your worries about going sober, things will likely not turn out as bad as…
Whether you’ve already been clean and sober for a while or are just starting on your recovery journey, you need a strong plan in place. Staying sober can be just as difficult as getting sober in the first place. Here are five tips to help…
When someone you know is recovering from an addiction, it can be hard to know what to say about it. If you’ve never experienced addiction or recovery, it is difficult to understand. By giving you some things not to say to recovering addicts, it will…
