Category: Sober struggles
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Dating without drink
I’ve been contemplating dating again. It will be first time I’ve dated sober. In the past, a standard date was a drink in the pub, usually followed up with drunken sex and a morning after of half remembered embarrassment. I’ve slept with people I don’t like, whose names I don’t know, and who don’t deserve…
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Falling off the sober high
Having a wobble today. And whilst I don’t feel like I’m at risk of drinking, I feel totally on edge. It has been 4 weeks since my break up with my ex-partner. I was told yesterday that he’s already starting sleeping with someone else. I desperately want not to care. I’ve coped so well with…
Soberfying
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Sober October 🎃
Apparently it’s sober October! It made me think that this is the first October I’ve been sober since being a child. Each month is the first for me at the moment, as I’m crawling towards 6 months. The first Halloween I won’t be scary drunk, the first autumn I won’t be mulled wine miserable, the…
Soberfying
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Breakups and booze
I am in the midst of post-break up grief and the cravings are starting to sneak into my dreams. On Saturday, I ended my 2.5yr relationship. It was an emotionally challenging break up, he was devastated, as was I. It was the right decision, and one I’d been putting off for too long. So whilst…
Soberfying