SoberReference

25/08/2024

I know that feeling the hard stuff is not fun.
I know a drink would ease the pain temporarily.
But remember, you want to heal the pain, not put a band-aid on it.

24/08/2024

23/08/2024

What Calvin Harris said about stopping drinking.

22/08/2024

The only opinion that matters is the opinion of myself.

07/08/2024

"I am supposed to say yes because they are family", was a disempowering belief that made a lot of decisions for me.
In sobriety, I've realized that a lot of my family is stuck in their own problems. I'm interacting with their mental obsessions rather than with their true self.
it helps me remember that the only opinion that is important to me at this point is my own.

06/08/2024

I DECIDED I'LL RECOVER LOUDLY AND PROUDLY BECAUSE SEEING OTHERS DO THAT HAS HELPED ME A LOT

05/08/2024

Fun is who you are, not> what a drink made you.

04/08/2024

What you allow is wahat will continue.

03/08/2024

What you can't communicate controls you.

02/08/2024

Big alcohol sold me stress relief as a form of self-care.
What they didn't tell me was that I'd also be getting a cortisol spike the next day and would crave the alcohol to make me feel normal again.

01/08/2024

You do many things to care for your mental health:
• exercising
• taking medication
• going to counseling
• getting 8 hours of sleep
If you're drinking...
you're taking a bulldozer to your wellness efforts.

31/07/2024

Stop spending hours, or even minutes, of your life worrying about people judging you.
If they are, it's only for 3 seconds, at which point they'll forget all about you when the next distraction pops up.