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Long Term Sobriety Sucks

Six months of sobriety doesn’t seem to be fixing anything…

Tags Addiction, Alcoholism, Depression, Drinking, Insomnia, Long Term Sobriety, Recovery, Self-Improvement, Sobriety, Stop Drinking

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Tips for Surviving the First Week Sober

Post author By TheBlackhairedGuy
Post date September 5, 2021
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Some (hopefully) useful tips on surviving your first week sober.

Tags Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Alcohol Cessation, Alcoholism, Drinking, Sober, Sobriety, Stop Drinking, Tips to Stop Drinking

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Vacation, Drinking, and Not Drinking

Post author By TheBlackhairedGuy
Post date April 14, 2021
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I guess I’m doing this again. 2:30 a.m. tired but unable to sleep. Might as well write. I’m back to sober life and today is day four. I fell of the wagon or whatever it is a few weeks ago…maybe? It’s amazing how I’ve lost track of all time and structure since I started boozing […]

Tags Drinking, Insecurity, Sobriety, Stop Drinking, Stress, Work

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Sober January? Sober 2021?

Well let’s give this a try again: sobriety. Despite the wonderful success of Sober September I took up drinking again in October and I’ve drank every day since. Part of this was justified (in the grasping-for-straws way us alcoholics are exceedingly good at); as a UPS worker dealing with the holidays I did whatever I […]

Tags 2021, Alcohol, Alcohol Abuse, Alcoholism, Drinking, Self-Improvement, Sobriety, Stop Drinking

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Lessons from Substance-Free September: Don’t be too Hard on Yourself

Post author By TheBlackhairedGuy
Post date October 11, 2020
2 Comments on Lessons from Substance-Free September: Don’t be too Hard on Yourself

Lessons from September

Tags Blogging, Drinking, Life Lessons, Self-Hatred, Self-Improvement, Self-Love, Self-Worth, Sobriety, Stop Drinking

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Substance-Free September Sucks: Sleeplessness

Post author By TheBlackhairedGuy
Post date September 4, 2020
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Stop drinking and you stop sleeping.

Tags Alcoholism, Benadryl, Binge Drinking, Drug Abuse, Drugs, Insomnia, Sleeplessness, Stop Drinking, Substance Abuse, Substance-Free September, Tylenol PM

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Alcoholism Sucks: The Slow Descent

Post author By TheBlackhairedGuy
Post date August 30, 2020
6 Comments on Alcoholism Sucks: The Slow Descent

So it’s 3:20 a.m. and I’m pounding my seventh beer. I feel slightly better about life but not quite okay with it. It’s a struggle to drink enough to feel okay with life but not drink too much to lose your mind to the drunken haze. And with every drunken day that passes that line […]