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A Mother's Journey During the First Few Years of Sobriety
"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.
For more current writing after the first few years of sobriety, please visit my Substack page Unshattered Sobriety
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I relapsed…
To all my sober supporters... this is for you ❤️ https://open.substack.com/pub/kimkearns/p/i-relapsed?r=cafum&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign...
Kim
Feb 20, 20241 min read
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How to Survive the First Few Years of Sobriety...
Hi Everyone, Writing about my alcohol free experiences has been the cornerstone of my sober journey. Sharing on this blog has allowed me...
Kim
Jun 22, 20232 min read
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Friendship and Acceptance in Sobriety
I hosted my first gathering of Sober in the Suburbs at my house this week. I wasn't sure what to expect, but I knew it was time to move...
Kim
Jun 3, 20233 min read
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Being A Sober Mom Isn't Actually Easier
I have the cutest one year old puppy. His name is Moose, and I actually got him one year ago today on Mother's Day, last year. He is...
Kim
May 14, 20234 min read
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Sober in the Suburbs
I have been thinking about this for a while. When I first stopped drinking I searched for people that were similar to me and were going...
Kim
May 6, 20232 min read
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Did Drinking Make You Feel This Way?
"It made the thing that I love the most hard - which was being a mom." - Taylor Cole Kezia and I had a thoughtful conversation with...
Kim
Apr 29, 20233 min read
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How to Survive Disney Sober
Evan asked me last night if I remember when we talked about taking a Disney cruise. This was 4 or 5 years ago, back when I was heavily...
Kim
Apr 19, 20233 min read
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Hungover on Easter
It was five years ago. 2018. That was the year I found my then three year old daughter sitting in the middle of the front hallway, late...
Kim
Apr 9, 20233 min read
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How to feel like a failure as a mom
When art imitates life, it's called mimesis. Lately, I have been feeling frustrated with my children, and I couldn't figure out why....
Kim
Mar 28, 20233 min read
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Accepting our own journeys
A friend told me recently that she only quit drinking because she watched me stop before her. She finally found the courage because she...
Kim
Mar 20, 20234 min read
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Confronting friendships and looking in the mirror
One of my most favorite projects that I am working on right now is season 2 of F*cking Sober. It has been two years in the making, and we...
Kim
Mar 5, 20233 min read
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Recovering out loud publically is better than any drunken high
This morning I spoke at a recovery center on the south shore in Cohasset. I was asked to visit with a group of people that are in an...
Kim
Feb 24, 20234 min read
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Still Navigating Friendships at the Age of 40
Everyday, waking up sober is infinitely better than the way life used to be when I drank. I still don't have all the answers, but I have...
Kim
Feb 17, 20235 min read
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Mommy Wine Culture: Suzanne from The Sober Mom Life
This morning, I edited an episode for The Weekend Sober that will air this Friday. I love working on our podcast and producing it week...
Kim
Feb 6, 20233 min read
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Goodreads Giveaway and Promotional Stuff for my book
I have decided to try out a Goodreads Giveaway. This is my first attempt at doing any type of promo/free book giveaway through a third...
Kim
Feb 1, 20232 min read
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Guest Post: Surviving Childhood Abuse
I have had the pleasure of working with Dina Hannigan in the Needham youth field hockey program here in our town of Needham and getting...
Kim
Jan 27, 20233 min read
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"Don't Read the Reviews!!"
"Don't read the reviews," they say. Especially the negative ones. There will be trolls. There will be people who bring the negativity....
Kim
Jan 22, 20233 min read
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Early sobriety
I think it's easy for me to forget what it's like in the early days of sobriety. What white knuckling it to get through the day is like...
Kim
Jan 18, 20232 min read
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January habits
At Colby College, January is a month long mini semester where the freshmen and winter athletes stay on campus for 30 days and take one...
Kim
Jan 10, 20232 min read
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Looking Back at 2022
This past year, well it was a good year. I feel like I spend most of my days in a state of self-reflection, so to think back on the...
Kim
Jan 2, 20233 min read
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F*cking Sober: The First 90 Days Podcast - Season 2: Betsy: "Tryin' to raising babies without booze"
I am so beyond excited that Season 2 of this Webby Award Winning podcast is finally coming out - tomorrow! Episode one releases on...
Kim
Dec 31, 20224 min read
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Post holiday blues
I remember every year at about this time, feeling incredibly low, when alcohol was still a part of my life. After Christmas was over and...
Kim
Dec 27, 20222 min read
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Christmas Eve
This is my third holiday season sober. The first one was terrifying. It was 2020, and I was less than a month sober. I spent most of...
Kim
Dec 24, 20222 min read
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Just wait. You'll see.
"Look closely and you will find that people are happy because they are grateful." -David Steindl-rast What does gratitude look like? How...
Kim
Dec 17, 20223 min read
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