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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

Do you need a therapist?

September 3, 2016 by not your average mom Leave a Comment

There is a vineyard in my town. It’s  1.7 miles from my house as the crow flies, and a 3.3 mile drive. And in the seven years I have lived here, I’ve never been there. Until today. Today I went there with a bunch of friends to surprise another friend for her birthday. It was […]

Filed Under: Your Daily Dose Tagged With: friends, therapist, vineyard, wine

Tonight, self care wins.

April 30, 2016 by not your average mom 3 Comments

The other day a friend texted me this question: What is the difference between a week where as a Mom you are working your ass off to get work, laundry, etc done vs. a week where you work some but also take time for self care (exercise, nap, read) and “take time to smell the […]

Filed Under: Your Daily Dose Tagged With: date night, exercise, laundry, productive, self care, wine

Drink, drank, drunk.

May 26, 2013 by not your average mom 4 Comments

If I had a Top 10 list of the Worst. Days. Ever… Yesterday would have been on that list. Fo sho. But it was really my fault. I made an amateur strategical move. My husband was out in his shop working. And I went out there to ask him a question. And I left 5 children, 7 […]

Filed Under: Your Daily Dose Tagged With: alcohol, concealer, judging, powdered sugar, wine

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