The Benefits of a Deadly Disease Chances are that if you ask ten random people the benefits of being an alcoholic, they won't be able to list any. Well guess what random people, you’re wrong! It took me awhile to realize that being an alcoholic, in recovery of course,...
Sobriety for Women Blog
A safe space for women to share their real-life stories about addiction, recovery, and sobriety. Submit Your StoryMommy, Why Do You Go to Those Meetings?
How Do You Tell a Child You’re Sober? I don’t have children, so this is a hypothetical question for me. For many women (hell, for many men!) in recovery, it’s a very real question. How do you explain to your kids that mommy or daddy is a recovering alcoholic? I’ve...
Does Fame Breed Addiction?
Fame & Addiction If you Google almost any celebrity, really almost any celebrity, chances are there’s going to be something about drugs, booze, or harmful behavior close to the top. I just tried it with Dustin Diamond, the most random celebrity I could think of,...
Ten Weird Things You Can Do To Stay Sober
By: Tim Myers Ten Strange Sober Life Hacks Go to meetings, don’t pick up a drink, stay away from bars, and call somebody when you feel like drinking. Yes, those are the obvious things you can do to keep yourself standing up straight, away from a drink, and out of...
Binge Drinking Harms the Body’s Immune System
Binge Drinking & Our Bodies It should come as no surprise that binge drinking is dangerous! It makes people behave stupidly, puts them at high risk for all types of accidents and diseases, and costs society a ton of money. Well, now there’s one more harmful effect...
Tips & Tricks to Make Getting Sober Easier: Vitamins
Vitamins Help in Early-Sobriety! Getting sober is tough! If it were easy, everyone would do it! The reality of getting sober is that it’s a scary, overwhelming, and often painful process. Being forced to sober up after years (or decades!) of drinking and drugging...
Healthy New Year’s Resolutions!
What’s Your New Year’s Resolution? As 2021 winds down and 2022 fast approaches (by the time you guys read this it’ll probably be 2022 already!), we’re confronted with the dreaded New Year’s resolution. Why are they so dreaded though? They shouldn’t be! I mean, our New...
A Sober Holiday Season
Sobriety is the Best Gift Okay, that’s kind of corny, right? Wrong! Sobriety really is the best gift! It’s the best gift you can give yourself. It’s the best gift you can give your family and loved ones. It’s the best gift you can give to coworkers. It’s even the best...
Becoming a Woman of Grace & Dignity
The Stages of Sobriety Although I sometimes forget this important fact, I didn’t get better overnight! It took me exactly how long it took me to grow into a woman of grace and dignity. It took me six years. Now don’t get me wrong, the obsession to drink and use drugs...