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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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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
- 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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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 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
- Jun 16, 2021
- 2 min
The story behind the tattoo
Ever since the beginning of my recovery, I knew that I wanted to get a tattoo to honor this journey. I wanted to get something that...
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Kim
- Jun 14, 2021
- 2 min
Summer storms
I love summer storms. Sitting on my sun porch right now, I feel content. Cozy. It was a long, tiring weekend. Physically and emotionally....
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Kim
- Jun 13, 2021
- 2 min
A trip... goodbye friends
I have packed my bags, I have put on my coat and I am about to head out. On a trip perhaps. It is a new journey I am told. Into the...
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Kim
- Jun 12, 2021
- 2 min
A New View
It has been a week now since we have been in the new house. The sun porch has quickly become my favorite spot . Even on the hottest days...
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Kim
- Jun 3, 2021
- 2 min
These blue walls
I sit in the house one last morning surrounded by boxes in my favorite room, what I have come to call the blue room. It is the front...
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Kim
- May 17, 2021
- 3 min
It's been a while...
I haven't written in a long time. But tonight, I felt the need to remember this day. Yesterday I got my wrist tattoo. After a small...
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Kim
- Feb 2, 2021
- 2 min
Tuesday
I have a whole lot on my mind today. It's like the fog has been lifted again. Perhaps this was due to a few nights of bad sleep, but last...
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Kim
- Jan 15, 2021
- 3 min
Gray Area Drinking... 1/15/21
Today I listened to a podcast on gray area drinking and I never realized how much that term depicts exactly what I experienced as a...
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Kim
- Jan 3, 2021
- 3 min
Wine Witch... 1/3/21
In general, I have been doing well lately and feeling great about my sobriety. Feeling happy about the steps I am taking, talking to...
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Kim
- Dec 22, 2020
- 1 min
Intentional words... December 22, 2020
Many of the meetings I have been attending lately have us thinking about words of intention. Words to keep in mind for the new year....
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