Hey Everyone! Just wanted to say hello and check in since the end of Sober October. Hello!! Excitedly, I broke sobriety on Saturday night with the best zombie sangria that I ever have made. Like I mentioned, we had our closest friends over for a tiny Halloween get together after the kids went trick o’treating. … More Update and Halloween 2020
Welp. I think my calculations were off because this is day 33. I swear I counted 35! Eh I guess it doesn’t really matter cuz it’s ovahhhhh! I did it! I have reflected on the past month, a lot. Especially over these past few days where life challenged my stress levels. This has been my … More Sober October Journal- LAST DAY??
Well. It is stormy and I am sitting in my living room in a pretty somber mood. Figured I’d write because I just feel so..blah. Just got back from a funeral with my husband, my good friend’s father (in-law) passed away this week. It was a fairly sudden passing; he was diagnosed with cancer and … More Sober October Journal- Day 31
Hello everyone! We are ever creeping to the finish line. Yee! I am just sitting down from my lunchtime yoga session. I saw the yogi I follow on YouTube Adriene, had a fun Halloween themed class that she posted yesterday so I went with it; which Halloween seems to be the running theme all week … More Sober October Journal- day 28
Hello WordPress friends! Wooo! We are so close to the end, canya feel it!? Actually, I have had a lot of fun writing during this challenge as often as I have, keeping accountable, so thinking that after Saturday this all goes bye bye is sad. 🙁 I know, it isn’t like I can’t keep journaling … More Sober October Journal- day 27
Well, if there was a day to have a drink to shake off stress, it would be this one. I got woken up this morning by a phone call. It was from my eldest sister in Italy. She was calling to tell me that my dad was being rushed to the hospital with chest pains. … More Sober October Journal- day 24
Hey everyone! Day 22 was a surprisingly quiet day at work so I got a lot of my own personal stuff done like VOTE!! 🇺🇸 Woo! I drove by the polling location on Saturday but the line was so long that I couldn’t chance it with the time I had left in the morning. So … More Sober October Journal- days 22 and 23
Hello guys! It is day 21, Sunday, and I am feeling great! Going strong still not drinking, continuing being active and conscious portion control when eating. I have seen and felt many changes in myself. I feel that inner peppiness again, which is nice. My face and skin look so healthy and my body is … More Sober October Journal- day 21
Hey everyone! Nineteen days! Woo! I am getting closer to the Sober October finish line. If you are just jumping on board, I started the challenge earlier than October 1st. It just felt better in my mind to start the challenge on a Monday (9/28) versus that Thursday the 1st. Obviously I am neurotic. 🤦🏻♀️ … More Sober October Journal- day 19
Hi! It is currently day 17. Doing great. Still haven’t drank a drop of alcohol, have been conscious about portion control, and exercising 3-4 times a week. I weighed myself today. I was happy to see that I dropped another pound. Yay! Just a few healthier, mindful changes along with sobriety can add up to … More Sober October Journal – day 17
Hey guys n gals! Holy moly, I am beat today. Didn’t have the best of sleep last night. My eyes popped open at 4:30AM, where I bounced in and out of a million thoughts till 6:30AM, when all the alarms in the house went off waking up everyone. 😆 My life in a nutshell right … More Sober October Journal- day 16
Hi guys! I am back! We spent a fantastic few days eating and hiking in the mountains of New Hampshire, and guess what? I stuck hard to my sobriety challenge during this trip. I am so proud of myself for not giving in. It was tempting. Believe me, I was thinking of giving myself a … More Sober October Journal – day 14
Day ten! Day ten! Day ten! Hot damn, day ten! Yup I just sang that like The Old Man from A Christmas Story after he reads his telegram. Ten days of no drinking. No junk food. Eating right. Keeping an active exercise schedule- all while I haven’t turned into a jerk. I’d say we all … More Sober October Journal- day 10
Happy Tuesday, everyone! I am in the car waiting to pick up my middle schooler. Perfect time to draft out today’s post! Lemme see, today is day nine. Still doing great with no alcohol. No junk food and have really kept an eye on mindfulness while eating. Today is a typical Tuesday …except I weighed … More Sober October Journal- day 9
It’s been a full week, everyone! 🎉 To date I have been keeping myself pretty positive about this whole sobriety this month. I’m not sure many people know about Sober October, but it is a worth while challenge. And it isn’t always just about not drinking alcohol. Most times people try to take the thirty-one … More Sober October Journal- day 8
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