We Are the Luckiest: The Surprising Magic of a Sober Life

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While I was reading this beautifully written, raw, and honest novel, a part of me was thinking, "Well my 'flaws', my 'addictions' are nowhere near that bad. they don't harm anyone. they don't make it so I can't live my day to day life. They are harmless compared to all this." We created The Sober 90 to provide a simple entry point for people who are new to sobriety. It's also perfect for not-so-new folks who need extra support and community.

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No matter how far astray you’ve gone or how many times you’ve tried and failed before, as long as you’re still sitting here, breathing, and reading these words, freedom and joy are still possible. Not because I was committed to forever, but because I finally realized the future was built on a bunch of nows, and that was it." What I know is this: The truth is ultimately life affirming. Even when it was ugly and inconvenient and has the potential to dismantle your life. It feels like relief even when it's painful...in a "this is real and therefore you can stand on it" way. The truth is uncomfortable but confining. You know the difference when you feel it. When you are high functioning in your day-to-day life, it's easy to write off these 'things' that get in the way, because they are not 'really' getting in the way after all. They aren't causing harm to others and why does it matter if it's not hurting anyone else?Over time, and with each right choice, I got stronger. I started to feel something magical growing inside me, getting bigger, more substantial, and pulsing with life. Furthermore, as someone in long term sobriety, I found her writing and the tools she provided gave me an insertion point from where I am in my life today. While her book touts this, I was still surprised when her questions and tools helped me navigate a specific fear I've grappled with that has nothing to do with drinking! It's also easy to see the value in how it will help many others who are in early sobriety or sober curious or struggling with issues other than alcohol or substances.

Books — Laura McKowen — Author

I never really have. I don't like the taste of alcohol and I don't like the idea of losing control and not remembering what I said or did. I also don't like the way it makes me feel in my body. It's never been a struggle to not drink for me since I dislike it enough. So alcohol isn't my thing. One stranger who understands your experience exactly will do for you what hundreds of close friends and family who don't understand cannot. It is the necessary palliative for the pain or stretching into change. It is the cool glass of water in hell.”I’m so grateful Laura had the courage to share her story and knowledge. We all benefit from the transparency and hope of stories like this.

We Are The Luckiest – A book review - Waking Up The Ghost We Are The Luckiest – A book review - Waking Up The Ghost

How fragile this was. How powerful. They were just words: sounds I could make with my mouth. But if I never made them, he would never know, And strangely I believed I wouldn't have to know either. I believed if I could only hang on for long enough, eventually it would all disappear inside me, like salt dissolving into water.”It took an inability to breathe (literally: I found myself gasping for air) to heed the warning flares being sent up from my physical being. Something really, seriously had to give. And so, I set out to recover. In a series of disruptive and identity-challenging steps I confronted my own nonsense, assembled tools (yoga, therapy, meditation, all things Brene Brown) and found new and kinder ways to apply my hard-fought professional skills. In short: I got my act together. Things like approval seeking, people-pleasing, not voicing my opinions, and avoiding conflict at any cost — these were all dishonesty masked as something sweeter and more socially acceptable.”