Sober Sister

Sober Sister After 14 years of alcoholism I went into liver failure in 2014 at age 27. But most importantly fighting the stigma! 💪

I’m now over 12 years sober and believe in the importance of education and awareness surrounding addiction.

Why My Story Matters(And why I’m telling it, even when it still stings a little.)I’m not here to preach or pretend I’ve ...
07/10/2026

Why My Story Matters

(And why I’m telling it, even when it still stings a little.)

I’m not here to preach or pretend I’ve got it all figured out.

Because even at 12+ years sober, I don’t.

I’m here because I’ve lived through the kind of pain that makes you want to disappear — and I didn’t.

I’ve survived:
• Liver failure
• Alcohol addiction
• Domestic violence
• Homelessness
• Chronic illness
• Chronic pain
• Mental health diagnoses
• Disability from a spinal injury
• A world that told me to stay quiet and be grateful that I was still breathing

And yet — here I am.

Still sober. Still standing. Still slightly unhinged.

I tell my story because no one told me it was okay to be a mess.

No one told me that rock bottom didn’t mean it was over — just that I’d finally stopped digging.

No one told me that it was ok to not be ok.

No one told me that humour could be a lifeline, or that healing doesn’t have to look graceful.

So I’m telling it now.

To show you that surviving addiction doesn’t have to be silent.

That you can still be angry and funny and broken and brilliant and worthy of everything good.

You don’t need to be perfect to be powerful. You just need to keep going.

And if you’re still here — you’re doing it right.

Love Sober Sister 💟💟

Befriend the person who is brutally honest, for honesty is the highest form of respect and is so much sweeter than sugar...
07/10/2026

Befriend the person who is brutally honest, for honesty is the highest form of respect and is so much sweeter than sugar-coated bu****it!! 🍭🍭

****it

I see you, I hear you, I believe in you! Never give up on yourself! You are kicking ass and deserve the very best in lif...
07/10/2026

I see you, I hear you, I believe in you! Never give up on yourself! You are kicking ass and deserve the very best in life! So get up, dust yourself off, straighten your crown, and remember who the f**k you are! 💖💖

Dear Alcohol,Cute letter. 🙄Very poetic.Very “toxic ex who suddenly discovers punctuation after ruining your life.”You sa...
07/10/2026

Dear Alcohol,

Cute letter. 🙄

Very poetic.

Very “toxic ex who suddenly discovers punctuation after ruining your life.”

You say you made life more fun. 🥳

Interesting.

Because I remember you making me vomit, blackout, lose entire nights, wake up with bruises I couldn’t explain and stare at my phone the next morning like it contained evidence for an upcoming criminal trial. 🤢

You said you helped me switch off.

Technically true.

You switched off my judgement.
My memory.
My self-respect.
My ability to know when I’d had enough.

Eventually, you nearly switched me off permanently. ☠️

Bit excessive for a relaxation technique, don’t you think?

You told me I was more confident with you.

No, babe.

You just lowered my standards for what constituted a good decision.

There’s a difference. 😉

You told me I deserved a drink after a hard day.

Then you made the next day harder so I’d “deserve” another one.

Clever little business model you had there.

Create the problem.
Sell the solution.
Repeat.

You told me I could handle you. 😅

You told me it was only weekends.

You told me I wasn’t that bad.

You told me I could stop whenever I wanted.

Then one day I realised something fairly inconvenient:

People who can stop whenever they want generally don’t spend their lives repeatedly proving that they can’t. 🤯

You promised you’d always be there for me.

Oh, you were.

Like herpes.

Persistent, unwanted and forever appearing at the worst possible f**king moment.

🤮 You were there for the hangovers.

😰 The anxiety.

🙈 The shame.

😡 The arguments.

🙏 The apologies.

💰 The money I pi**ed away.

🧩 The mornings spent reconstructing the previous night like a hungover detective investigating a crime I had apparently committed against myself.

🤔 And you were particularly good at reminding me of the fun parts while mysteriously misplacing the evidence from everything that happened afterwards.

Funny that.

You showed me the first drink. 🍺

Never the tenth.

You showed me the laughter. 😂

Never the crying.

You showed me the party. 🥳

Never the panic at 4am.

You showed me the ch*****ne glass. 🍸

Never the hospital bed.

And when I finally considered leaving you? ⛔️

Oh, suddenly you became very concerned about my social life.

🙄 You’ll be boring.

🙄 You’ll miss out.

🙄 People won’t understand.

🙄 You won’t have fun anymore.

🙄 You won’t be you.

That last one was my favourite.

Because eventually I discovered the biggest lie you ever told me:

That you had somehow created the parts of me I loved. 🤣

You didn’t give me confidence.

You borrowed it and charged interest. 💰

You didn’t give me personality.

I already f**king had one. 😜

You didn’t make me funny.

You just made me laugh louder at s**t that wasn’t funny. 😅

You didn’t create connection.

Real connection was still there the next morning. 🥰

You didn’t create courage.

Courage was walking away from you. 💪

You didn’t give me freedom.

Freedom was waking up and realising I didn’t have to organise another day around when I could drink, how much I could drink, whether anyone noticed how much I drank, or how the hell I was going to recover from drinking. ☮️

And you certainly didn’t make my life worth living.

You nearly ended it. ☠️

So yes, Alcohol, you were right about one thing:

I never needed you. 🎯

But you were wrong about something much bigger.

You thought if I discovered that, I’d lose you.

What actually happened was that I found me. 🥰

And as it turns out?

😂 She’s funnier sober.
💪 She’s stronger sober.
📣 She’s louder sober.
🌃 She remembers the f**king night sober.

And best of all…

She finally realised that the “life she’d be missing out on” without alcohol was actually the life she’d been missing because of it. 😍

So thanks for the letter.

I’d write back sooner, but I’ve been a little busy building the life you spent years convincing me I couldn’t have without you. 🏡

Turns out the only thing sobriety made me miss out on was hangovers, humiliation and having to check my camera roll with one eye closed. 📵

No hard feelings.

Actually, scratch that.

Plenty of hard feelings. 😅

But absolutely no f**king drinks.

Regards,

The woman who finally stopped believing your bu****it. ☮️

**kyou

Kids deserve sober and present parents! 🎯🎯
07/10/2026

Kids deserve sober and present parents! 🎯🎯

Smash that like button if you woke up today hangover free!! 💜 Let's show the world how awesome a life without hangovers ...
07/10/2026

Smash that like button if you woke up today hangover free!! 💜 Let's show the world how awesome a life without hangovers is!! 🥰

Drop your recovery milestones so I can celebrate with you!! 🥳🥳
07/10/2026

Drop your recovery milestones so I can celebrate with you!! 🥳🥳

After some pretty nasty comments on one of my posts, I feel as though I need to share this as a reminder. Sobriety doesn...
07/10/2026

After some pretty nasty comments on one of my posts, I feel as though I need to share this as a reminder.

Sobriety doesn’t come with an instruction manual. Some people use AA, some use therapy, some use Smart Recovery, some lean on faith, and some (like me) went to a psychologist and used my sheer stubbornness. And guess what? If you’re sober, you’re winning. Period. It doesn’t matter how you got there.

This page is NOT an AA page. It’s not a church. It’s not a shrine. It’s a safe space for all recovery paths. Respect and zero judgment are the only rules.

This page is an inclusive space. That means we respect each other’s beliefs, journeys, and choices. If AA works for you, that’s amazing. If therapy works for you, that’s amazing. If faith guides you, that’s amazing. If it doesn’t, that’s amazing too.

The goal is sobriety and healing—not conformity.

So, I’ll be crystal clear…..

🚫 If you use your religion to put others down, you’re out.
🚫 If you attack someone’s recovery because it doesn’t look like yours, you’re out.
🚫 If you think passive-aggressive comments about relapse are acceptable, you’re definitely out.

I spent my early recovery (first 2 months) in AA, and it wasn’t for me—religion was a big part of why I left AA. When I did leave, I was told by other members that I’d relapse, that I wouldn’t last without AA, and that I was “too flawed.” Well, I’m now over 12 years sober without one single relapse—and I did the work with a qualified psychologist, not a prayer book.

To the religious folks here: your faith is yours, and I respect that. But like I’ve always said—religion is like a p***s: it’s perfectly fine to have, it’s perfectly fine to be proud of, but when you start shoving it in other people’s faces… we have a problem.

So, here’s the deal:
❌ Don’t tell people they’ll relapse just because they don’t believe what you believe.
❌ Don’t weaponize your religion against others.
❌ No judging, no shaming, no as****es

Instead can you please….
✨ Respect each other.
✨ Support each other.
✨ Or get removed faster than you can say “relapse.”

💜 Recovery is recovery—no matter what path you took to get here.

This community is built on support, respect, and lifting each other up. So let’s keep it that way. 🫶💓🫶

My morning coffee is for your safety! 😅😂
07/10/2026

My morning coffee is for your safety! 😅😂

SMASH THAT LIKE BUTTON IF SOBRIETY HAS HELPED YOU BECOME A BETTER HUMAN! 💜 LET’S SHOW THE WORLD THAT PEOPLE REALLY CAN ...
07/10/2026

SMASH THAT LIKE BUTTON IF SOBRIETY HAS HELPED YOU BECOME A BETTER HUMAN! 💜 LET’S SHOW THE WORLD THAT PEOPLE REALLY CAN CHANGE! 💜

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