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Out Of The Fog

February 2, 2018 by not your average mom 6 Comments

The day before yesterday, I shared on Facebook that I’m struggling with a bout of depression. It’s largely situational, and I know what has brought it on. Marital and financial struggles continue to challenge me, and so I’ve kind of been riding the depression fence. It wasn’t going to take much to cause me to […]

Filed Under: Lessons I've Learned, Mental Health, Self Care, Sound Mind Sound Body Tagged With: depression, facebook, Grace and Frankie, hysterectomy, sober, sobriety

Five Months

December 2, 2017 by not your average mom 4 Comments

I haven’t had any booze in five months. FIVE MONTHS. I’ve made it through the 4th of July and Labor Day and my birthday and my anniversary and Halloween and Thanksgiving. I’ve made it through other things, but that’s because I’ve just chosen not to attend them. Tonight all my favorite baseball moms are having […]

Filed Under: Lessons I've Learned, Mental Health, Self Care, Sound Mind Sound Body Tagged With: baseball, hangover, Moms' Night Out, regrets, sober, sobriety, wine

Four Months

November 3, 2017 by not your average mom 5 Comments

Yesterday was my four month anniversary. I’ve been booze-free for four months. The days have been easy. But sometimes the nights are hard. Like tonight. Friday nights are rough. Cause that’s when all the moms start really using the wine glass emojis and making jokes about when it’s acceptable to start drinking. Jokes that, in […]

Filed Under: Sound Mind Sound Body Tagged With: beer, Blue moon, cooler, drinking, Halloween, hangover, Holiday, morning, party, sober, wagon, wine

Because I Didn’t Want To Miss Out, Mom

August 28, 2017 by not your average mom 2 Comments

It has been almost two months since I quit drinking, but my kids didn’t have any idea that I stopped. I didn’t really drink that often. I pretty much never had a glass of wine or a beer with dinner or even when the kids were awake. And it’s not because I didn’t want them […]

Filed Under: Lessons I've Learned, Mental Health, Parenting, Self Care, Sound Mind Sound Body Tagged With: alcohol, anxiety, brains, depression, discussing alcohol with your kids, sober

A Lot Of Shit Can Go Down In Thirty Years

July 25, 2017 by not your average mom 4 Comments

This past Saturday, I attended my 30th high school reunion. Thirty years!!! How is it possible that I am old enough to say I did anything thirty years ago? I definitely do not feel that old. Well, I guess that’s not totally true. Physically, there are times when I do feel older. When I get […]

Filed Under: Lessons I've Learned, Mental Health, Sound Mind Sound Body Tagged With: alcohol, booze, high school, insecure, issues, reunion, sobbriety, sober

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