Sober Curious Parents

21/05/2020

Enough said.

11/05/2020

08/05/2020

14/04/2020

I haven’t been making/finding time to post, but I’ve been practicing good mental and emotional hygiene. What does that mean? Managing fact-based news in small sips (not large gulps), staring out at the green past my screen, and checking in with my local community.

Not pictured: extra hugs with my children. ❤️🥰❤️

, @ South Tampa

07/04/2020

Finding acceptance through meditation.

04/04/2020

If you’re looking for happy events to look forward to next week, put the next super moon on your calendar.

Tuesday April 7

Parents of young kids - bonus points, this article provides info that you can turn into a teaching moment for those rascally kids. I’m thinking drawing and science...

02/04/2020

If you’re getting more anxious when you listen to updates from national leaders, try and make some sober humor...

01/04/2020

I’m on Day 17 over here, but Day 6, sure whatever.

31/03/2020

Quarantine Update:

It has been a topsy turvy ride the last few weeks. Hope my sober community buddies are all doing well.

I have been invested in the practices that lead to my sobriety (parenting, running, musing...) and the practices that sustain my sobriety (recovery work, recovery relationships, nourish actions, parenting, running, musing...), and it ain’t easy!

It might be easy to think I’m doing okay, that it’s okay to let some practices slip, but what does that bring me? A lower quality of life all around. Instead, I am working to stay invested in these healthy practices, imperfectly. Perhaps a lesser intensity. Or frequency skips around more often. But I’m still here, laying it down day to day.

Hope you are, too. 💚💙💚💜💙💜❤️💜❤️❤️🧡❤️🧡💛🧡💛💚💛💚💙💚

28/02/2020

Finding peace where I can.
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I can not control my daughter’s sleep.
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I can not control traffic.
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I can control my habits, my attitudes, my choices.
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Yes, I said “attitudes,” plural. It helps me to remember that nothing is permanent to think of passing through many attitudes during the day. If I find myself in a sour attitude, why that’s just as good a reason to observe and explore as a happy or resilient attitude. What a learning opportunity.
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19/02/2020

More from the wisdom of in her excellent book, - finishing up the chapter “Hell Is Other People”
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I related my hesitation and resistance to joining AA or any official recovery group to Laura’s final words in this chapter about her relating to people. And I am just starting to see now that my resistance was a major blockage against finding freedom and against many chances for happiness:

“I fought this hard, and maybe you’re fighting it, too. I didn’t want to find new people. I didn’t think they would measure up at all. I didn’t believe I needed it.

I was, of course, very wrong.

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 of stretching into change. It is the cool glass of water in hell.”
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19/02/2020

I’m plunging my recovery into the turbulent waters of a 200 hour Yoga Teacher Training next month, and am getting my house in order by (temporarily) canceling my OmStars account (I highly recommend following or joining if you are looking for a great online yoga experience and community).
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Here comes more truth, more conflict (allocation of resources), and more recovery. ❤️💜💙💜❤️