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Leisel from W.A shares why she chose sobriety in the end.

soberinthecountry

Aug 3, 2019
5 min

Leisel from W.A shares why she chose sobriety in the end.

My first alcoholic drink was a shandy of beer and lemonade when I was 17 at the local pub with a girlfriend. I didn’t like the taste, but with enough lemonade it was just bearable. I didn’t drink for pleasure until my early twenties. Even then, not much. When I did drink a few wines I was usually sick and vomiting most of the next day. I specialised in horrendous hangovers. My friends would call me Cadbury (glass and a half) as that was all I needed to get drunk. As I wasn’t

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how did #SITC even start?

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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the questions you didn't think you could ask an alcoholic from a country town....

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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