omm383.accidents > our head will use anything as a reason to drink. so what happens if you deny that you have a wolfie voice? well, that puts you at risk. and what if you think you drink because of external things (your spouse, the weather, the pandemic)? that puts you at risk, too. so how … Continue reading omm383.accidents →

omm382.personality.types > i received an email from penpal Romey about enneagram personality types, which i knew nothing about, so off i went researching, and came up with something super fascinating about those of us who are ‘helpers’ … oh and how if we don’t have good boundaries, this lovely trait can eat us alive! my book … Continue reading omm382.personality.types →

omm381.raking.leaves > how is raking leaves being sober? well, it’s like learning anything new. at first we don’t know anything. we do it wrong, we get blisters. and then we learn. then later it’s just normal … it’s all normal. my book > www.100daysoberchallenge.com free daily emails > https://www.tiredofthinkingaboutdrinking.com facebook > https://www.facebook.com/tiredofdrinking/ become a podcast subscriber, get all … Continue reading omm381.raking.leaves →

omm380.bit.by.bit > how do you do something large? the same way you do ANYTHING that’s large … you do it a day at a time. bit by bit. and boy, don’t we hate to hear that! but really, it’s how we’ve done this pandemic. we’ve done it day by day. nobody planned for it to … Continue reading omm380.bit.by.bit →

omm379.psychic.load > ok, a psychic load is the weight of things, in your head, like the ENERGY it takes to hold something in your mind. like when you’re drinking and trying to find a way out, the noise in your head is large. and when you’re drinking and lying about it? the psychic weight is … Continue reading omm379.psychic.load →

omm378.arguing.mean > email from Kimba (day 22): “This podcast rang true. Yesterday my husband spent time with his side of the family and came home and accusing me of hating his family (overdrinkers all). Truth was I had a repairman coming to fix a plumbing thing under the kitchen sink, and had been waiting for … Continue reading omm378.arguing.mean →

omm377.things.that.improve > If you keep going, moving away from day 1, then what kinds of things will improve? If you remove the booze, and allow for the transition time for things to get better, then what changes might you expect? What can you do NOW that you can’t do when you’re drinking? We get fixated on … Continue reading omm377.things.that.improve →

omm376.juggling.knives > we’re looking for a little boost, a bit of  dopamine, an adrenaline rush. and then we stack those on top of each other, push-push-push (up-up-up) and then we fall over into alcohol. not you. not you, of course. you’re here, doing this. [this 3-minute is an extract from a longer podcast called “Juggling Knives.”] ~ my … Continue reading omm376.juggling.knives →

omm375.truth > what happens when we’re not truthful about our drinking. we tell ourselves stories about being ‘not that bad’ or ‘it’s only on weekends’. and yet, we know something isn’t quite right. how does that kind of thinking affect us over time? the disconnect between what we want, and what we’re actually doing … … Continue reading omm375.truth →

omm374.rebuild > When we’re tired, then it’s easy to think that things are hopeless — so the question then becomes: how do you spend your limited emotional energy in any given day? This one-minute message (actually it’s more like three minutes) is an extract from Sober Podcast #383 “How to Rebuild Your Life.” hugs hugs … Continue reading omm374.rebuild →