Tag: Sober

As the summer season approaches, Vancouver comes alive with a great deal of activities and events that cater to different interests and lifestyles. While the city is known for its vibrant nightlife, there are plenty of enjoyable options for those who prefer a sober lifestyle. In this blog post, we&r...

As my friend Kris regaled me with stories of her extended family, I commented, “Wow, a lot of people in your family are alcoholics.” She said, “Yes. We have the addiction gene. That’s why I’ve never had anything to drink.” I didn’t know there was an addic...

It’s a question that I used to ask myself and a question that I’ve heard from many fellow recovering addicts. We tend to ask it when our life is at its worst, when sobriety seems to have fixed nothing, and when we’ve run out of hope. I came into sobriety with a bizarre set of co...

My last drink was on January 6th, 2021. January 7th will always be a special date for me because it’s when I finally gave up the drink for good. I surrendered and accepted that alcohol was no good for me. And, it’s the day that I started writing, just a year later. I almost can’...

It was around 4pm on a Friday afternoon in February. I was working at a small start-up in a co-working space in London. The Friday beer trolley — one of the few perks of start-up life — was doing the rounds, and I grabbed a bottle of Becks. But something had changed. I took a sip o...

I’ve been trying to get to this point for a while to be honest. My best streak this year was in January when I decided to have two weeks off for New Year. Since then I had been stopping and starting every few days. It was frustrating and I felt like a failure. One of the reasons I’ve ...

I’m nearly finished with a two-week break from booze and cannabis. I haven’t gone two weeks without alcohol since I had my tonsils removed over a year ago. Before that, I can’t remember the last time I went a single week without a drink. I set a two-week sobriety goal after a...

On the occasion of the anniversary of the death of Robin Williams, I am reposting an article I’d previously written about Phillip Seymour Hoffman, and could probably have updated when Carrie Fisher died. That said, this is not about celebrities dying. It about what we can learn about addiction...

I love shrooms. Other mind-altering substances don’t work for me. But psychedelics? I never had a problem. Before I learned the science behind them, I knew they weren’t harmful. I’ve been sober for two decades for a good reason. Alcohol is dangerous for me, and I should stay awa...