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How Group Accountability Can Help Keep You Sober

I’ve been sober from alcohol for 6 months and 8 days as of today (January 15th, 2021). That’s 192 consecutive days of not having a drop of alcohol, the longest streak in my life since around 10 years old, definitely by 13. How did I go from binge drinking for 20 years to getting sober […]

6 Lessons Learned From 6 Months of Sobriety

I’ve been binge drinking since I was 13… I’m currently 33 and as of this moment I am now 6 months sober. That’s right, after two decades of all in drinking, I found a way to finally stop. I don’t share binging as some “party boy” humble brag; it’s embarrassing and if I could go […]

5 Reasons It Was Time To Quit Booze For Good

There comes a point in most “drinkers” lives where they ask themselves, “Do I have a problem…?“. Everything you read on ‘Alcohol Free’ blogs will tell you that if you’re asking the question, there’s a reason but I’m not going to take that approach. Instead, I’m going to share five reasons I got sober and […]

Books that helped me get sober

Since getting sober after two decades of binge drinking alcohol I’ve found that I had to fill the now vacant “drinking time” with something… So I did. I filled it with reading about drinking. Diving into other people’s journey’s with alcohol and sobriety helped me better understand myself. Getting to better understand the science behind […]

How I got sober without AA

There are many formal programs out there that are used to help people get and stay clean and sober; today I’m over 30 days without any of them. After multiple attempts throughout the past 20 years of binge drinking, I’ve finally broken free from that voice within and below I’ll be sharing a few actions […]

Getting Sober aka Why I Fired My Drug Dealer

â€‹â€‹Did I let go of the sketchy guy on the corner of the road in a trench coach selling dime bags? Nah. The drug dealers I fired were the bar tenders and liquor store clerks; I’ve decided to completely and permanently remove alcohol from my life. You can find the why and how below, but […]