It was 2022, my last New Year’s as a drinker. I had a COVID-restricted, small-numbered gathering at my house. My main mission of the...

I hardly think of it anymore. Alcohol once consumed my thoughts all day and night. Now it just pops in once in a while, I almost forget...

My more than fabulous girlfriend not only invited me to her upcoming one-year medallion at a local AA but asked me to read a poem out...

When I was a child, I had so much fun. Do you remember how much fun you had as a kid at a party, running around wild, laughing at the top...

It’s my two-year soberversary. I’ve spent two whole years completely, straight-up sober. I’ve spent 730 days celebrating, grieving,...

It’s New Year’s Eve. I’m sitting at my kitchen counter, crowded by the groceries I refused to put away yet. You see, it’s quiet right now...

I don’t like Christmas, never have. But not drinking on Christmas adds another layer to my dislike of the holiday. Last Christmas, my...

It takes a long time to dismantle your drinking world and create a sober one. Unfortunately, the majority of people quitting drinking are...

I could tell you a story of a girl who found herself drinking every day by the time she was 23. The only pauses that would disrupt that...

When I quit drinking, I reneged on an unspoken agreement my husband and I had. It became clear after my last drink was behind me that I...

I LOVE HALLOWEEN, but my poor time management has led me to have this amazingly costumed, warm, prepared kid in contrast to me, who ran...

My house is a mess. What bothers me the most about the mess is I’m not the one who made it, yet here I am, cleaning up. I just finished...

For years, I considered myself someone who didn’t have a “real“ problem with alcohol. I was functional and could quit whenever I wanted...

I peek into my 19-year-old's room and see a vodka bottle on her nightstand. I don't know if it’s the same one from a month ago or a week...

I’m in a forest. It’s dark and damp. I feel the trees dripping condensation on my forehead and cheek. The feeling of leaking water...

When my second born was little, she had personality coming out the yin-yang. We called her Yelly instead of Ellie because she was so...

Date night, after date night, My husband and I would sit on my balcony looking out to our 1/2 acre property. We’d have the fire pit on, a...

Finally, sitting down after a long day, I turned the TV on. My daughter poked her head around the corner. Just before I could hit the...

On the way home from my annual girlfriend's weekend away, I was asked if I would be writing about the experience from my now sober...

I feel different. Do I look different? Are they able to tell? I drank heavily for 25 years, so you’d figure that must have affected how I...