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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.

How to show self-compassion

2 days ago

Did you drink while breastfeeding?

7 days ago

Shame Spirals

Aug 7

2 Big Milestones

Jul 30

Reentry and vacation reflections

Jul 27

Kim

Jan 7
3 min

Mothering

Snow Days

There is no better feeling than listening to the insulated quiet of the first snowfall of the season. The brightness, the peace and...

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Kim

Jan 2
3 min

Recovery

Dry January

I was never a big fan of Dry January. Or Sober October. Or any designated period of time that forced me to question how much alcohol I...

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Kim

Jan 1
3 min

Mindfulness

How Do you Plan to Tackle 2022?

Happy New Year! For 2022, I plan to take a more mindful approach to my days, knowing that slowing down, breathing and staying in the...

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When Your Husband Drinks From the OJ Container

Kim

Dec 27, 2021
3 min

Addiction

When Your Husband Drinks From the OJ Container

Glennon Doyle describes facing your hard feelings in a way that I can relate to really well. She talks about her feelings being like...

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Kim

Dec 25, 2021
3 min

Mothering

Christmas Expectations

One of the hardest parts of going into any holiday is the expectations we often place on ourselves to make it the best we can for the...

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How to Get or Stay Sober, Especially During the Holidays

Kim

Dec 20, 2021
4 min

Quit Lit

How to Get or Stay Sober, Especially During the Holidays

I have had this question asked of me quite a bit recently, so I felt it was important to address the topic since it is Christmas in a few...

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Kim

Dec 17, 2021
4 min

Emotions

The Path of Vulnerability

One of my friends asked me the other day about some of the things I said in my NPR interview and how I felt about it all. I haven't...

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Exposing ourselves, how I got sober and started writing

Kim

Dec 13, 2021
3 min

Writing

Exposing ourselves, how I got sober and started writing

There have been lots of new visitors to my blog recently, so I wanted to take a moment to say hello and explain a bit about myself. I am...

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Kim

Dec 10, 2021
3 min

Mothering

The times I let my daughter down

A few nights ago, I was putting Parker to bed, when she began to cry. She told me she missed back when I didn’t work so much and when I...

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Kim

Dec 4, 2021
4 min

Family

A Fight With My Husband

It has been another tough week in our house. Chase had to stay home for a few days and quarantine, because he was considered a close...

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Kim

Nov 29, 2021
3 min

Milestones

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

Milestones

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 26, 2021
3 min

Milestones

The Last Day I Drank.

One year ago today, I had my last drink. On that day, I was a stranger to myself. Up until that moment, I felt a darkness in my life...

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How to stop drinking alcohol and starting living again

Kim

Nov 25, 2021
4 min

Milestones

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

Nov 19, 2021
3 min

Self-care

How To Be Wealthy...

It was my birthday yesterday. I allowed myself a little pampering this week, and I took a few days away with some friends to celebrate. I...

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Kim

Nov 11, 2021
4 min

Addiction

Why does it have to be all or nothing?

First off - Chase is doing great! He is home, post surgery and a total champ. A complete rockstar patient. I mentioned in our first...

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Kim

Nov 10, 2021
3 min

Emotions

The Highs and Lows

It has been a week, and it is only Wednesday morning. My friend, Catherine and I started a podcast. An idea that came together while on...

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Kim

Nov 7, 2021
3 min

Realizations

A surprising benefit of sobriety...

About five years ago, I began to notice that my stomach was not acting normal. This was about the time that I had started incorporating...

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Kim

Oct 31, 2021
3 min

Mothering

Halloween was always a dark night...

Halloween is another holiday that usually gave me license to drink without restraint. This was often a night where everyone around me was...

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Kim

Oct 26, 2021
3 min

Emotions

Anxiety

Anxiety has been a struggle for me since I was a kid. I never even knew I suffered from it and that is what I was dealing with, until I...

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Kim

Oct 24, 2021
3 min

Realizations

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 19, 2021
3 min

Milestones

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 15, 2021
3 min

Mothering

A School Yard Fight

My oldest son got in a fight at recess this week. Awesome. Right? It's all a very long, convoluted story - so bare with me while I...

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