Every night is a weekend when you're a stay at home mom: let's change your mindset!
When you are a stay at home mom and you have little kids, it seems as if every night is a weekend evening. When your boss is a two year...
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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
A Sober and Strong Mom blog serves as a healthy vessel of discovery.
To return home. To find freedom. To reclaim joy.
Join me in navigating motherhood, parenting and marriage.
Walk along beside me as I wander this beautiful, newly discovered sober life.
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Kim
- Sep 18
- 4 min
Did I completely screw up my kids?
This weeks episode of "We Can Do Hard Things" with Glennon Doyle was a good one. She spoke with Dr. Becky, who is someone that I admire...
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Kim
- Aug 17
- 3 min
What if you could get a look into your future?
A friend said to me recently, "Can you imagine the 'you' of two years ago getting a sneak peak at what you're up to now?" That comment...
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Kim
- Aug 7
- 2 min
Shame Spirals
Do you ever feel like you're walking along through this thing called life and everything seems to be going pretty well. You're getting...
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Kim
- Jul 30
- 4 min
2 Big Milestones
Last night I faced two pretty big milestones that I didn't even know I had been avoiding. First, I walked into my old, favorite liquor...
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Kim
- Jun 23
- 3 min
I have some exciting news!!
I want everyone to know that may not already be aware - I have written a memoir! I am excited to say that my first book is in the works...
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Kim
- Jun 20
- 2 min
How to get through the first 10 days of sobriety!
Recently, I was talking to someone about getting through those first few days of not drinking. I was encouraging her to come up with a...
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Kim
- Jun 16
- 4 min
This is what growth looks like
I attended the US Open yesterday with Evan. We brought Chase along, as he was the only one of our three kids that really wanted to...
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Kim
- May 29
- 3 min
How to be 18 months free from mommy wine culture
This week Evan and I celebrated our 14 year wedding anniversary. It also happened to coincide with my 18 months of sobriety. We spent the...
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Kim
- Apr 12
- 3 min
Sunshine and Sangria - when warm weather makes you crave alcohol
I have been sitting outside this week in the afternoons on our new Adirondack chairs down by the river before the kids come home from...
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Kim
- Apr 1
- 2 min
Why Drinking Could be Hurting You
I sometimes need to remind myself, that others might benefit from hearing my story. There is no courage, growth or intimacy without...
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Kim
- Mar 24
- 3 min
I have friends and family that see my sobriety as a punishment...
I think that some people in my world still view my sobriety as a problem that I should be ashamed of. They treat me as if I am damaged....
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Kim
- Mar 18
- 3 min
St. Patrick's Day when you are sober
Yesterday, it occurred to me at one point that it was a big drinking day. Evan reminded me that it was the start of March Madness as...
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Kim
- Mar 4
- 3 min
During all the years I drank, I wish I had known that the truth would set me free
My therapist tells me this a lot. I try to understand what she means, and most of the time I think I am listening to her. Some of what...
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Kim
- Jan 29
- 2 min
5:00 on a Saturday night, tips for getting through it without drinking...
It is not at all lost on me that in the past, I would have loved the fact that we were snowed in on a Saturday night. There is nothing...
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Kim
- Nov 29, 2021
- 3 min
Going Public With My Sobriety
I celebrated my one year soberversary this weekend. Sober anniversary. Sober birthday. Whatever you want to call it… My kids had a really...
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Kim
- Nov 27, 2021
- 2 min
One Year Sober
A year ago today, I woke up early in the morning around 5AM and laid awake in my bed with an awful hangover. Grey light filtered into the...
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Kim
- Nov 25, 2021
- 4 min
How to stop drinking alcohol and starting living again
I am grateful for all that I have learned in my first year of sobriety. Over these last twelve months, I have traveled quite a bit...
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Kim
- Oct 24, 2021
- 3 min
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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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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