Sunshine Warm Sober: The unexpected joy of being sober – forever

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I mean, if you have to punch yourself back into moments so so like a moment, there’s, there’s one in the new book about me waking up on holiday, and not knowing my hair is wet, it might wipe my clothes are full of fans, and then the memory coming back to me of what I did the night before, and then contrasting it with waking up on a sober holiday. In a landmark ruling in 2020, the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) chastised the Scottish Gin Society for circulating memes that the ASA said ‘implied that gin could help people overcome emotional problems, and treat depression and pain. A sort of 'sequel' to 'The Unexpected Joy of Being Sober' (which I have re-read at least four times! She offers lots of stories from her own life, both in her drinking days and into her now several years of sobriety.

Sunshine Warm Sober: Unexpected sober joy that lasts

Making an alcohol-free nook at home, switching up some of your social venues for ones that don’t serve alcohol and having a new go-to drink (I like fresh lime and soda) will increase your chances of success exponentially. It’s part of being an adult and bonding and, and then there’s the marketing and then your friends keep reinforcing it too. And you were sober and healthy and happy and exploring and having adventures and I the drinker was hung over on my couch.Now you go find your way, you can give them a map of how you did it, give them an idea of the rough terrain, but you can’t walk that walk for them, and they have to be ready for it. For me I had started to forget the reasons I decided to stop drinking (distance can be dimming) and this book helped me to remember and reflect on where my life was, why I decided to quit drinking and how wonderful my life is today. And that’s such a beautiful way to feel because, for instance, my birthdays, I used to hate birthdays, because I felt like another year had inexorably rolled by and I still hadn’t, you know, done the things that I was always intending to do. I became a responsible human being who people felt able to leave their children and animals in the care of. So you’re, you know, around the idea of like, once an addict, always an addict, that you are no longer addicted to drinking, because you’re not drinking, but you have no doubt that if you were to pick up again, it would be a serious problem.

ways to have a sober(ish) summer - The Telegraph Six ways to have a sober(ish) summer - The Telegraph

How has the process of writing about your sober journey been and have you found it helpful to be open about your personal experience? And this is I just don’t believe that, you know, teens should be treated as if they’re definitely going to grow up to be drinkers, because they’re not a lot of the time. And you posted in the group, and you guys were riding cable cars, and you were biking across the Golden Gate Bridge, and you were drinking tea on the other side. So surely you can drink moderately, and you know, you’re happy now you’ve sorted everything out and your life. They’re not advertised, they’re covered in health warnings and pictures of disease lungs, and alcohol is is not in any way.Besides, a 2013 Boston College study showed that people who say “I don’t” are more successful than those who say “I can’t”. The things you learn in longer term recovery don’t seem like they’re to do with drinking, but they are to deal with drinking. And The Sobriety Starter Kit is ready, waiting and available to support you anytime you need it, when it fits into your schedule. Yeah, I mean, because one of the things that people don’t necessarily know, and that puts them off, is that they think, oh, there’s so many things I won’t be able to do when I don’t drink, you know, away those pity parties, I won’t dance, I won’t be able to date. Having drunk far too much in my teens and twenties I found her first book - The Unexpected Joy of Being Sober - a useful and informative read.

Unexpected Joy Of Being Sober with Catherine Gray The Unexpected Joy Of Being Sober with Catherine Gray

And it’s also I mean, I feel like the absolute hardest time is, is what so many of us go through for, you know, a couple years often of like, knowing drinking is bad for you, trying to quit and getting a few days, drinking again and beating ourselves up. Invitations to start drinking at lunchtime rolled in every weekends which meant that, before the sun had set, I’d already lost my ability to say three-syllable words – as well as some of my belongings and romantic standards. Yeah, and I do that in the new book as well because I really like that tool, that kind of split screen diary tool and for me I mean, this is the thing for me it consolidates it for me as well in my own head writing these books helps my sobriety. She has raised the awareness and in years to come when the truth is finally revealed you can say I choose the right way, to lead a good life.stars but the last few pages were really touching and had me nodding the whole time and I figured I'd give it a 4!