I dumped a bottle of booze down the drain today. It was a liberating experience. One, because it was a nasty ass bottle of Mezcal with a bloated grub worm floating at the bottom. Years ago, my mother handed over this half bottle of disgustingness. Her excuse: to help "stock our new bar". I cut …
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Dream a Little Dream
I had my first dream about alcohol last night. On some of the sobriety pages and apps that I follow, I knew it was a thing. Over the course of the past year, I've had very vivid, sometimes prophetic dreams, but they never breached the subject of alcohol. I thought I was safe. I was …
Sugar How’d You Get So Fly?
Wow. Not just wow, but fucking WOW! The amount of supportive responses to me "coming out" about my sobriety yesterday were nothing short of amazing. My @flirting_with_sobriety Instagram account gained another 40-something followers overnight and this blog's stats hit so hard, I set all-time records on the page. So, first and foremost, thank you. Thank …
Flirting With Sobriety
I guess it is time to make it public knowledge. Over the course of the past year, I have been on a journey to sobriety. There is no tragic story to tell. No accident. No DUI. No medical diagnosis. No “holy shit” moment. It’s been more of a gradual “what am I doing to myself” …
viCARIously Speaking 