May 2018

Mom gets busy

Thanks to her sponsor, she learned that life gets more full, not less, when you get sober

When I got sober, I had four young children. I was just so tired, tired of trying to drink like I needed to and still be a “good” mom. Life was drudgery. Those kids were work that interfered with my partying (which consisted of drinking in front of the TV). I knew I could not continue to live the way I’d been living. Death actually seemed the easier option.

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