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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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Kimberly Kearns
"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.
A Sober and Strong Mom:
Exploring Life Without Alcohol
A Mother's Journey During the First Few Years of Sobriety
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Kim
Oct 26, 20213 min read
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, 20213 min read
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, 20213 min read
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, 20213 min read
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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Kim
Oct 9, 20213 min read
"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, 20212 min read
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, 20213 min read
"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, 20214 min read
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, 20213 min read
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, 20213 min read
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, 20212 min read
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, 20214 min read
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, 20214 min read
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
Sep 1, 20213 min read
Shame and sobriety
I was talking to my therapist yesterday about why some people don't feel comfortable approaching me about my sobriety when it is so...
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Kim
Aug 30, 20213 min read
9 month sober baby
I officially have been sober the longest I have ever in my adult life. 9 months. This is the most amount of time that I have gone without...
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Kim
Aug 21, 20212 min read
Saturday Mornings
I peel open my left eye and look around the dimly lit room. A sliver of sunlight shines in through the curtain next to me, allowing me to...
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Kim
Aug 20, 20212 min read
A flashback
I took a writing workshop today through Grubstreet, and I ended up feeling so excited and empowered afterwards. I shared some of my work...
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Kim
Aug 16, 20213 min read
A visit to the lake
This Sunday we visited my family in NH and celebrated my mom's birthday at the lake we used to go to when I was a child. Going back to a...
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Kim
Aug 13, 20212 min read
The New Friday Night
My Friday evenings look quite different now these days. It struck me tonight as I popped open my can of seltzer. I realized that what I...
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Kim
Aug 11, 20213 min read
Saying Goodbye to Friendships
As I continue down this road of sobriety, there are good days and bad. Recently, I have been feeling a little low, as I have come to...
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Kim
Aug 5, 20213 min read
Defined by sobriety
I listened to a podcast this morning, "Getting Your Sh*t Together," and Cynthia talked about whether or not you should allow yourself to...
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Kim
Aug 1, 20212 min read
Sober Sundays
I think back to the way I used to spent my weekends 8 months ago, and it is mind boggling to remember how wasteful the days were....
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Kim
Jul 25, 20213 min read
Sleep
One of the best things about being sober is the sleep. I have not slept this great since I was in high school! I LOVE to crawl into my...
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