Motherhood hard sober or just hard?
My husband has been interstate for 4 nights this week, and every single day has felt like an eternity. I'm trying to understand whether motherhood is harder sober or if…
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October 18, 2019
Feeling like a Failure. Depression and anxiety
For days now I have been feeling like a total failure, depressed and anxious in every way possible. Ever since my pulmonary embolism my entire world has been rocked, and…
October 9, 2019
Panic Attack in Sobriety
I've now been sober for almost 5 months and I've also recently suffered my first real health scare. My kids have been pushing me to the limits in every way…
October 4, 2019
Re-emergence of Depression & Anxiety in Alcohol Withdrawal
Today I have found myself stalled, almost wallowed in a state of depression and anxiety. About 12 years ago I was diagnosed with depression and anxiety, a condition which I…
August 19, 2019
Tackling Sobriety with Exercise
Exercise has always been a part of my life, but to different extremes. Even when I was drinking heavily, I would try and fit some incidental exercises in because I…
August 14, 2019
I felt so judged because of my poor life decisions
After my marriage failed, I remember the feelings that I had failed, I was 23 years old and I had a divorce under my belt. I had expected to get…
August 9, 2019
Disguising my Vulnerability with Alcohol
As I continue my journey in sobriety I am starting to realise that I have been disguising my vulnerability with alcohol and using alcohol to disguise my shame. The longer…
August 9, 2019
Self Care in Early Sobriety
I live in a climate that has amazing warm months, but a terrible long, cold winter. I started my sober journey in May, and by the time July hit I…
July 24, 2019
I am a Depressed Alcoholic
I'm an alcoholic and nearing 2 months sobriety and one thing that I cannot seem to shake is this depression that I have consuming my thoughts. Whilst in previous posts…
July 12, 2019
Sexual Assault, Insults, Self Esteem & Alcoholism
Over the past 47 days of my recovery I have been doing a lot of soul searching to try and think if there were anythings from my past that have…
July 3, 2019