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  • Putting My Recovery at Risk to Live My Life

  • Does Pride Have A Place In Recovery?

  • You Need To Let Go of These 10 Recovery Clichés

  • 5 Easy Ways to Practice Gratitude Every Day

  • Wine Does NOT Solve Everything…

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    Ask a Sober Mom: I Did Not Sober Up For This

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  • I Don’t Like Being A Mom and That’s OK

  • Embracing the Language of My Recovery

Sober Mommies 10 Ways to Prepare for and Walk Through Holiday Cravings

10 Ways to Prepare for Cravings During the Holidays

For me, anything can be a trigger, yet the holidays can almost always guarantee thoughts intruding my mind.

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Your Messy Guts Matter

I just need to allow people to love me where I’m at, help prevent me from going backwards, and stand by me as I get myself to where I need to be.

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I Moderated My Alcohol Intake…Until I Couldn’t

The first time I guzzled alcohol, I was seven years old. My mom left me with her glass of sauvignon blanc when she went to use the restroom.

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I Drank in Moderation Until Mental Illness Intruded

I drank in moderation until after a second pregnancy. The medication wasn’t working. Nothing was working. I drank because…I could.

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My Transition to Not Drinking Was Not As Easy As Turning Off a Tap

For at least four months after I made the decision to quit drinking, I found myself in a strange purgatory. I didn’t want to be drinking. I didn’t want to not be drinking. I wanted all the “mores” of being booze-free—more money, more time, more energy, more self-respect—but those “mores”

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I Neglected My Teeth and I Regret It

I neglected my oral health horribly during my years of active alcoholism. By the time I was able to see a dentist and begin addressing each issue, my mouth was in terrible shape.

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Sober Mommies 10 Tips For A Sane And Sober Summer

10 Tips For A Sane And Sober Summer

By: Julie Maida
On: June 11, 2021

My Meeting is in My Pocket

Sober Mommies Eight 12 Step Slogans Useful in Any Recovery Path

Eight 12-Step Slogans Useful to Any Recovery Path

Recovery Is NOT A Competition

Love is an Addiction, And I Relapsed

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  • 5 Easy Ways to Practice Gratitude Every Day

    An attitude of gratitude can change your life, positively affecting relationships, sleep, healthy habits (like exercising more), and mood.

  • I Had To Divorce To Get Sober

    I’ve stayed sober through tremendous loss but none more profound than my divorce.

  • I Chose to Alienate my Daughter from her Father

    It saddens me that many stories like mine don’t have a happy ending. Many parents who engage in parental alienation never see the error of their ways.

  • Two Therapists Taught me How to Say Goodbye

    I was 35 the first time I learned how to say goodbye.

  • Unpacking our Past to Face the Future

    While we walked the aisles and found the perfect Anna and Elsa backpack and matching lunchbox, I told her that in two years I was going to bring her back for a new backpack for the first day of kindergarten.

  • He Decided I Wasn't Good Enough. I Decided He Was Right- Sober Mommies #recovery #relationships
    He Said I Wasn’t Good Enough – He Was Right

    He didn’t want to be with an alcoholic—with someone he couldn’t 100% trust to never drink again.

  • Shattering Stigma: Talking to Spouses in Recovery

    I’ve found myself offering support to spouses, especially women, who have been hurt by their partner’s substance misuse.

  • Reconciling with My Possible Future

    I had seen my possible future when my grandmother died of liver problems. At the time, I was resigned to the fact that this would be my fate.

  • Love is an Addiction, And I Relapsed

    I discovered the concept of love addiction at a recovery conference. As I listened, I shuddered as I realized how many of the boxes I ticked.

  • Maybe Celibacy is My Best Option

    After a hard break-up, making a choice to remain celibate for a while feels like the greatest act of self-love I could choose right now.

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Ask a Sober Mom: I Did Not Sober Up For This

On: August 10, 2023

I’m eighty days sober. When will my kids stop irritating the shit out of me? They are six and four, and I have a hard time dealing with them. I didn’t sober up for this!

Ask a Sober Mom: What Can I Do About My Drinking

On: April 10, 2020

I’m Finally In Treatment, Will My Kids Be OK?

On: May 26, 2019
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2021-01-28
By: Julie Maida
On: January 28, 2021

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