Quit Drinking Together

Life After Booze

By: EJ

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  • When Did This Become Spiritual?

    Have you ever been on a journey, even if it was an accidental one, just to realize that what you thought was the cause of it, was something entirely different? When I quit drinking alcohol, I thought the cause of my quit was the dreaded drunken days and dismantled life I had managed to make Read more

  • Maggie the Dog…

    We were driving home today from doing some shopping and I suddenly felt the truck slow rather quickly. I looked up from the passenger seat and saw what I first thought to be a deer in the middle of the highway and realized it was a dog. The speed limit is 65 here and most Read more

  • Saved by a Pink Guitar . . .

    One of the most important things I think I was able to realize when I first quit drinking, was that I needed something to replace it. I don’t mean another addiction, either. I truly believe that it’s vital to find something you love and put all of your focus and energy into it. Drinking alcohol Read more

  • What Happened That Last Day . . .

    I’d like to go into detail, but I also don’t want to share too much of a very personal and emotional experience because I want it to stay mine. What I can tell you, is the night I had my last drink of alcohol was an awfully intense one. I don’t remember it all, and Read more

  • Vacation & drinking. . .

    Quitting drinking gets easier. I feel it all the time. It takes some work though, and I hope you’re willing to test yourself when you’re ready. If you’re like me and you drank lots and lots of alcohol for many many years, you have all those memories stuck in your head. When you have so Read more

  • Up in Smoke . . .

    Smoking was an awful crutch of mine for many years.  As stupid as this is true, I tried to start smoking when I was young.  Yep.  The first time I got a buzz off a cigarette, it was a half-smoked one I stole from my mom’s ashtray.  Gross.  I thought it was so much fun Read more