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soberinthecountry
- Aug 4, 2018
- 3 min
an open letter to my 'knockers'
An open letter to my knockers Hey there, A good person was kind enough to pass on some feedback to me today. Included in that was a reference to a quite a few peeps who clearly still have zero clue what I do, and why I do it. Those who like to have a little crack at me behind my back. So to those of you who roll your eyes and talk about me ‘being on my bandwagon again’ and ‘presume to think I regard myself as perfect’ I am gunna' go ahead and help you out with that. First up:
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soberinthecountry
- Jul 27, 2018
- 6 min
how did #SITC even start?
A gorgeous friend asked me last night how this whole 'thang' started - and since so many new people have joined this page - I thought this might be of interest to you. Okey dokes - here 'tis: #SITC was never a ‘plan’. It happened over time and was born out of a personal wish to see the huge, gaping hole in how we tackle health in the bush more effectively addressed. But let's step back a sec. When I nearly lost my own life, I spent the first year in my own ‘recovery’ focused
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soberinthecountry
- Jul 23, 2018
- 10 min
the questions you didn't think you could ask an alcoholic from a country town....
SO: recently I threw out a question on social which was: ''if you could ask me anything about going through, surviving, and recovering from alcoholism - what would it be?'' As promised - here are your questions answered. Please note: these are purely my own views from lived experience and study and talking to multitudes of others. Some will disagree, and that's fine. This is purely opinion based on having been there, and how it went for me. Healthy debate is totally encourage
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soberinthecountry
- Jul 17, 2018
- 4 min
what did alcoholism 'look like' for me?
So this one's an FAQ of mine. I should talk about it more often. Literally the first thing I get asked when people realise I am an open book about my past, is ''did you drink every day / during the day / first thing of a morning?' The answer is no. .... well, unless you count the training ground that was uni-life for me.... where you were crowned a ''legend'' if you consumed booze enough booze to kill yourself and ten black dogs through the night AND drank into the morning. (
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soberinthecountry
- Jul 16, 2018
- 3 min
non-alcoholic beverages - yay or nay?
Okay, so today, let’s talk about non-alcoholic drinks. I always get asked ‘can I drink non-alcoholic beer/wine/etc. if I am an alcoholic?’ Let me answer that question with a question: what do YOU honestly reckon? When I was still struggling terribly with denial about my own addiction, I promise you I went through this same question. For a few years I bought non-alcoholic (NA) wine, beer, and mock-tails in lovely glasses. I wanted my party beverage to look, smell, and taste
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