Erin-Jane Roodt
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Erin-Jane Roodt
“Sobriety, if it is anything, is paying attention, seeing the wonder and the beauty around us that we so easily sprint by on our way to the next thing. And this is more than fun; this is actually living.”
Holly Whitaker • Quit Like a Woman: The Radical Choice to Not Drink in a Culture Obsessed with Alcohol
Consumption that does not eventually turn to creation ends in a kind of restless depression
Dylan O'Sullivanx.comThe happiest people I know create— they write, take beautiful photos, work with wood, make music.
The unhappiest consume— endlessly scrolling through others’ highlight reels, sensationalized news stories, content designed to hijack their nervous system.
Creativity fills the soul.
Consumption drains it.
The unhappiest consume— endlessly scrolling through others’ highlight reels, sensationalized news stories, content designed to hijack their nervous system.
Creativity fills the soul.
Consumption drains it.
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shiny bug poem - creativity!
these are the reasons you’re still somewhat sane
this poem is wonderful
sobriety offers us everything alcohol promised—we’re setting up a very different narrative.
Holly Whitaker • Quit Like a Woman
Quitting alcohol results in a black hole for your social and dating life. You now have to find activities that you enjoy doing sober. That level of introspection and planning can be as painful as any hangover.
what if public libraries were open late every night and we could engage in public life there instead of having to choose between drinking at the bar and domestic isolation
Erin Glasstwitter.comWhat are the biggest benefits or gifts of sobriety?
The greatest benefit, to me, is the ability to handle adversity and joy with the same heart. To know that despair and bliss are feelings and not states of being, and that my feelings won’t make me or break me. The greatest gifts have been my spiritual life and having true relationships
The greatest benefit, to me, is the ability to handle adversity and joy with the same heart. To know that despair and bliss are feelings and not states of being, and that my feelings won’t make me or break me. The greatest gifts have been my spiritual life and having true relationships