A Different Type of Saturday Night
Evan and I went to Boston for dinner last night. It is something we never liked to do in the past when I was drinking, and I was trying...
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Kimberly Kearns
A Sober and Strong Mom:
Exploring Life Without Alcohol
A Mother's Journey
"It's all meant to bring you home, to remind you who you are, how to love, and how to never leave again."
- Laura McKowen
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Kim
- Oct 19, 2021
- 3 min
Fall weather is good drinking weather
This time of year is proving to be sort of tough. It is bringing me back to fall last year, when I was beginning to slowly spiral. Things...
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Kim
- Oct 9, 2021
- 3 min
"Mom, you're so embarrassing!"
It was my husband's birthday yesterday, and normally this would have been a license for me to get wasted. In the past, I would have used...
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Kim
- Oct 3, 2021
- 2 min
Sunday Scaries
Sundays used to overwhelm me. I used to feel this impending doom as my weekend was coming to an end, as it mostly meant that I needed to...
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Kim
- Sep 29, 2021
- 3 min
"If Covid didn't happen, would you have stopped?"
I have people ask me - "Would you have stopped drinking if we didn't have a global pandemic?" I have considered this question. And...
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Kim
- Sep 21, 2021
- 4 min
Do I want to chug that glass of wine in your hand?
Recently, I realized that I forgot how I viewed sobriety when I was actively drinking and even when I first stopped last November. I...
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Kim
- Sep 19, 2021
- 3 min
Feeling the Hard Feelings
My sister, Jen, experienced an awful trauma this last week that will likely impact her for a long time, if not forever. My brother in law...
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Kim
- Sep 15, 2021
- 3 min
How Other Perceive Us
A friend of mine asked me recently how bad my drinking got at the end. "I'm assuming it never really got too bad, or else I would have...
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Kim
- Sep 11, 2021
- 2 min
No more hiding
Sometimes, I write to myself. Instead of picturing a specific audience, I just talk to myself. Or I write to who I used to be. Or I write...
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Kim
- Sep 9, 2021
- 4 min
Blacking Out
I remember when I first got drunk and when I first blacked out from alcohol. Not surprisingly, they were the same night. I took 8 shots...
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Kim
- Sep 3, 2021
- 4 min
When My Husband First Sat Me Down
I remember the first time Evan sat me down and looked me in the eye and told me he was concerned about my drinking, at least three or...
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Kim
- Jan 14, 2021
- 4 min
When sobriety becomes an addiction... 1/14/21
My dad always said there are good addictions and bad addictions. I remember the last time he said this to me in Florida, about a year...
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Kim
- Jan 12, 2021
- 4 min
Managing it all... 1/12/21
I know that it is normal to have a range of emotions on a daily basis. It is also normal for those emotions to flip flop back and forth...
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Kim
- Jan 12, 2021
- 3 min
Sharing... 1/12/21
Today, I joined my first newcomers sobriety meeting through TLC. It was a group of about 20 women from across the country, mostly all new...
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Kim
- Jan 4, 2021
- 6 min
Mommy wine culture... 1/4/20
The evolution of the mommy wine culture is a topic that has been widely discussed in the sober support groups for the last several...
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Kim
- Dec 19, 2020
- 16 min
A childhood friendship... December 18, 2020
I met her in Mrs. Williamson's kindergarten class at the North Street School in Greenwich, CT. I remember being in awe of Megan from an...
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Kim
- Dec 18, 2020
- 3 min
Secrets and blackouts... December 18, 2020
My mind seems to be brimming with ideas everyday and going in lots of different directions. I don't know the point of this post, except...
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Kim
- Dec 17, 2020
- 4 min
No regrets, keeping the focus, still less than 30 days... December 17, 2020
"When was the last time you woke up and wished you'd had just one more drink the night before? I have never regretted not drinking. Say...
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Kim
- Dec 14, 2020
- 4 min
Why do you want to quit drinking? ... December 14, 2020
http://www.sobrieteaparty.com/2016/06/15/whats-your-why/ : This was the topic on the Sober Mom Squad today. This is a post from this blog...
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Kim
- Dec 10, 2020
- 4 min
6 questions... December 10, 2020
Who are you? I am a mother, a wife, a friend, an athlete... and a little bit lost but slowly finding my way. What brought you to...
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