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Who wants to join me? Sleepless nights are haunting me a bit not for any other reason than I've got so much running around my brain!!!

Which includes this blog & what to write, in what order, how I can help etc 

I'm just going to shoot from the hip with this journey & hopefully most of you will end up nodding as you read my posts because it all sounds so familiar.

Booze is a funny old subject - right at the beginning of my sober journey I felt almost embarrassed to say to people that 'I don't drink'. I think the main reason for this is that people assume you're a right old alchie if you decide to give it up.

I've gone full circle with this view now & actually feel incredibly proud to say that 'I don't drink'.  

Embarrassment turns to Pride over time, it takes time!

Dry January is the easiest way to start your Sober Journey - Everyone's doing it. It's not going to make you stand out in the crowd - it's quite a popular resolution for a new year. It's only 31 days of abstaining. That's possible isn't it?

Some people find it so easy - I ALWAYS found it really hard as drinking was almost a daily habit for me.

So here begins our journey - it's all in the prep - it really is. 

Worry not about what others say or what you think they might be thinking - who gives a damn - you're doing this for YOU to prove that you can!

Your drinking buddies will be in the side wings waiting for the month to be done so that you can join them within the world of drinking once again. Some people never even attempt to go Dry ever because they really don't think that there's a problem with their drinking. 

When I gave up  I think it highlighted to some of my nearest & dearest the fact that they maybe have too many glasses a night & maybe it's not actually that good for them. But hey they're going to carry on doing it anyway because it's a way of life & has been their way of life for so long. Their habit. I'm not judging at all, after all, this was the old me for many years.

Drinking was definitely a habit for me. Breaking your habit that's all we're going to do for 31 days........ 


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