Sober stories and advice from the women in our community

Battling the “Mummy Juice” Cliché as a New Sober Mum

Battling the “Mummy Juice” Cliché as a New Sober Mum

Being pregnant for nine months is a challenge. And birth? Don’t even get me started. But you do the darn thing and deliver your sweet newborn, one way or another....

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Battling the “Mummy Juice” Cliché as a New Sober Mum

Being pregnant for nine months is a challenge. And birth? Don’t even get me started. But you do the darn thing and deliver your sweet newborn, one way or another....

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Chasing the blackout feeling in sobriety

Chasing the blackout feeling in sobriety

I’ve always felt like my brain is full of thoughts, which seems slightly obvious given its entire purpose – thinking. But the key word here is full. Sometimes I feel...

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Chasing the blackout feeling in sobriety

I’ve always felt like my brain is full of thoughts, which seems slightly obvious given its entire purpose – thinking. But the key word here is full. Sometimes I feel...

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3 Things I learnt as the Sober Girl at Uni Parties

3 Things I learnt as the Sober Girl at Uni Parties

The drinking culture at university was something I never could have prepared myself for. As a naïve 19-year-old who had never been drunk, I was plummeted into a world where...

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3 Things I learnt as the Sober Girl at Uni Parties

The drinking culture at university was something I never could have prepared myself for. As a naïve 19-year-old who had never been drunk, I was plummeted into a world where...

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Lonely, short hummus-lover seeks vomit-free party

Lonely, short hummus-lover seeks vomit-free party

Another houseparty, another chance to socialise, gradually slipping through my fingers as one by one people float higher and higher away. I clutch at the multicolour ribbons like a child,...

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Lonely, short hummus-lover seeks vomit-free party

Another houseparty, another chance to socialise, gradually slipping through my fingers as one by one people float higher and higher away. I clutch at the multicolour ribbons like a child,...

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Flashbacks, reluctant PR and the gains vs. loss in sobriety

Flashbacks, reluctant PR and the gains vs. loss in sobriety

Flashbacks Do you want to hear a funny story? There was once a girl who was brought home in a police car, at 2pm on a Saturday, after being discovered...

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Flashbacks, reluctant PR and the gains vs. loss in sobriety

Flashbacks Do you want to hear a funny story? There was once a girl who was brought home in a police car, at 2pm on a Saturday, after being discovered...

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I went to rehab and this is what it’s really like

I went to rehab and this is what it’s really like

Trigger warning: mentions of suicide  I found myself at a dangerous point in my life (a suicide plan was in place) where it was life or death that got me...

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I went to rehab and this is what it’s really like

Trigger warning: mentions of suicide  I found myself at a dangerous point in my life (a suicide plan was in place) where it was life or death that got me...

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