“The night is far spent, the day is at hand. Therefore let us cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light.” -Romans 13:12 When I was still drinking, I used to cry often. Daily, in fact. Most of the time, I felt anxious, sad, and frustrated. I wouldContinue reading “From Darkness and Tears to Light and Smiles”
Category Archives: Odd Things About Sobriety
Is it okay to drink kombucha if you’re sober?
This is a bit of a controversial subject from what I’ve gathered in my short time of not drinking, and I have been back and forth about how I feel about it. If you’ve never heard of it, kombucha is a fermented tea that has had a sharp rise in popularity over the past fewContinue reading “Is it okay to drink kombucha if you’re sober?”
How much weight can you lose by cutting out alcohol?
In the first month and a half after I stopped drinking alcohol, I lost about 15 pounds. I didn’t go on a diet or start doing crazy workouts. I just lost weight as a result of the calorie deficit that cutting out the alcohol created. I know that not everyone will lose weight when theyContinue reading “How much weight can you lose by cutting out alcohol?”
Drinking Dreams: What do they mean and how do you cope with them?
Drinking dreams—sometimes called relapse dreams or alcoholic nightmares—are incredibly common among people in recovery. In a nutshell, a drinking dream is when you dream that you have ingested alcohol. A 2018 study in the Journal of Substance Abuse and Treatment showed that about 1/3 of adults in recovery have had a dream like this, butContinue reading “Drinking Dreams: What do they mean and how do you cope with them?”
