Author Archives: msnewleaf

I’m on Day 206 now and going strong!! I just checked in now and saw some lovely responses to my last post. I was very glad to hear from all of you, and I apologize for not checking back until now. I’m still doing the Belle Robertson group coaching/private blog thing, and it’s still workingContinue reading “Day 206!”

Just a check-in to say that I am currently 158 days sober. To my friends on here (I hope you are still here and doing well! I think if you often), I’m sorry that I fell of the radar for so long. Truth is that after my last relapse (and I was doing so well!Continue reading “Day 158”

Hi friends: I’ve made it to day 74, and things are going well. I have had some cravings here and there, but then I remember having a bottle of wine on my bedside table (empty in the morning!) every night and push them away. The mind is so tricky sometimes! It is definitely spring now.Continue reading “Day 74”

Hello again, friends: All is well. Still sober. Truthfully, I’m not thinking about it much this time around. This weekend, I went to a party closing one of the ski hills, and everyone was partying and drinking and watching brave (and a little crazy?) folks voluntarily ski and eat sh*** into a small pond createdContinue reading “Checking In”

Hello friends: It has been a month now, and I’m still going! I’m really glad I managed to pull myself out of the downward drinking spiral, and I’m moving forward. I’m back in the city this week, taking a nice solo break and seeing friends (and working – nothing can be perfect.) 🙂 Going toContinue reading “Moving forward”

Well, it’s been over three weeks now, and things are still going well sobriety-wise. Life has been stressful lately with lots of work and family issues getting me down, but I’m happy to say that it hasn’t occurred to me to drink because of these things. I’m very aware that it wouldn’t help me sortContinue reading “Still going”

I’m still doing well. Going though that energy jolt I usually get in the second week without booze. I honestly haven’t had much desire to drink. Maybe it is because I’m reading This Naked Mind again. Maybe it is because I’m shoving any potential thoughts of drinking far, far away as fast as possible asContinue reading “Gaining more traction”

I’m still here. I didn’t feel ready to post until I had some sober traction, but I feel ready now at one week in. I’m reading Annie Grace’s This Naked Mind again, and I have to say that I’m getting much more out of it this time around. It didn’t really resonate with me theContinue reading “If at first you don’t succeed …”

Hi everyone. I’ve been struggling with my resolve. I was feeling so strong. Then I went for a visit with my family, and it came out of nowhere. We were having a great time visiting, and my dad was drinking manhattans. And I just caved and drank. I honestly don’t know how to fend itContinue reading “Struggling”