Sober Gratitudes

My youngest son has autism. He is delayed in many areas of development but one thing we know for sure is that he embodies the ability to be genuinely friendly. He demonstrates how to be selfless while interacting with others. He gives unconditionally- with out any expectations of getting anything back (except that he is asked when his birthday is!) This morning he reminded me it is friendship day and he couldn’t be more excited to call people to wish them a Happy Friendship Day . This is one of the many reasons why I adore my son. So, of course, because of this, I decided to change the topic I was originally planning to discuss today and instead discuss Friendships in sobriety! How could I not ? This episode is dedicated to my beautiful boy, Cameron . DISCLAIMER: Sober Gratitudes Podcast does not represent or promote any forms of recovery . When my guests and I share about what keeps us sober , we are referring to our own unique experiences with the understanding and respect that many forms of recovery exist.

I began to heal from my alcoholism when I stopped fighting everyone and everything, including myself.  The battle became too exhausting; I needed to surrender to what I or not any other human power could not control .

A month before I celebrated 1 year sober, I started to feel very strange. My emotions were all over the place, I was moody, irritable and felt confused by this. Someone told me that this was a normal feeling before a sober anniversary, especially the first one. I discuss why that is the case and how now, as I approach 9 years sober on August 20th, my feelings about that has changed and why. 

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Hi! We are so glad you are back for another episode on Mondays' With Mackenzie! Today, we talk about literally what is happening in our lives right now and how it does not mean we are failing in sobriety or failing as humans. Feelings are facts and when we accept and acknowledge them without judgement, these feelings tend to be more short-lived which ultimately benefits everyone around us including ourselves.

We are so glad you are here for our third episode of Sober Gratitudes' summer series, Monday's with Mackenzie! In this episode we discuss what helped us not pick up during summer parties & vacations.

In this episode we discuss how Life isn’t happening TO us anymore: Life is simply happening & we get the power to choose how we GET to respond.

We are so glad you are here to listen to us discuss our first sober summers! One of us relapsed, the other did not! But we made it through and today we are having an amazing experience in sobriety. 

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Sobriety does not have to be hard.

We are here to help! 

Love, Sarah and Mackenzie

Chris, my friend and a retired police officer shares how letting go and asking for help saved his life from active alcoholism.