I’m More of a La Croix Mom Than a Wine Mom—And It Makes Me Feel Left Out of Modern Motherhood
I could write a thousand things about how motherhood has changed me, and they’d all be true. I could write…
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By Christen McKey A Letter to My Kids During Alcohol Awareness Month
I made a promise to someone years ago. It was a verbal plea mixed with tears and desperation, back in…
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By Camilla Richardson Sobriety Is a Battle Worth Fighting
Eleven years. It’s a strange number. Lucky perhaps? I don’t believe much in luck unless I’m in a superstitious mood.…
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By Her View From Home I’m Crying for the Life We Used To Have
Why cry? As the wife of a middle-stage alcoholic, I’m often asked this question. On the outside, I probably look…
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By Lauren Benson From Party Girl to Mom: Why I Quit Alcohol
In my 20s I was the party queen. I just lived for an epic social life. Then I had my…
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By Trish Broome I Was Charged with a DUI and It Changed Everything
The random times my father called me throughout my life, I could always tell when he had been drinking. He…
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By Kimberly Kearns I Always Had an Excuse for My Excessive Drinking
I remember the first time my husband sat me down and looked me in the eye and told me he…
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By Hannah Bentley-Keeven I’ll Answer My Child’s Hard Questions About Alcoholism
She was asking me questions about drinking “a glass of just alcohol” on the way home from gymnastics practice. It…
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By Celeste Yvonne Jessica Simpson Shares Vulnerable Post About Her Journey To Sobriety
Last week Jessica Simpson posted a nearly unrecognizable picture of herself in honor of her milestone marking four years sober.…
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By Vanessa France No One Knew I Had a Drinking Problem—But I’m Not Hiding it Anymore
“I didn’t realize you had a problem . . .” I have heard this countless times since becoming openly sober,…
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I Was Drinking My Way Through My Children’s Firsts
I quit my job 37 hours before my second child was born. It was supposed to be one whole week…
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By Winnie Munroe My Husband’s Quitting Alcohol (Again)
It's late and the kids are finally asleep. My husband and I are on opposite edges of the couch, a…
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