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Chelsey Flood
Nov 30, 20195 min
Why You Should Never Stop Drinking Forever
When I first quit drinking, I had no intention of stopping for good. I wanted to have a break, to sort a few things out in my life.
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Chelsey Flood
Nov 3, 20196 min
Choose the Story that Supports the Life You Want
Believing you don’t have a drinking problem is one of the defining features of having a drinking problem.
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Chelsey Flood
Oct 23, 20196 min
How Do You Know It's Time to Stop Drinking Alcohol?
My experience of living with a drinking problem was that it was a bit like having two personalities.
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Chelsey Flood
Oct 10, 20195 min
Three Lies that Kept Me Drunk For Years
My subconscious did a fantastic job of keeping information about alcohol away from my consciousness.
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Chelsey Flood
Sep 15, 20196 min
Are You Accidentally Torturing Your Freshly Sober Loved One?
Three things absolutely not to say and what you can try instead.
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Chelsey Flood
Sep 12, 20195 min
Simple Mind Shifts Can Make You Get Sober
Until I changed my thinking around alcohol I couldn't break my dependence on it. 1. I’ll stop tomorrow/after that birthday party/next...
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Chelsey Flood
Sep 2, 20195 min
How to Banish Your Inner Critic Without Using Alcohol
Melancholia, my old friend, threatens to swallow me, and I wonder if I should be on anti-depressants (again).
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Chelsey Flood
Aug 20, 20194 min
How Do You Know If You Love Alcohol Or Are Powerless?
When I first started learning about addiction I couldn’t see how I was powerless over alcohol.
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Chelsey Flood
Jul 29, 20195 min
The Benefits of Destroying Your Image
Why do I write about my most shameful experiences? If nobody noticed I had a booze problem why am I online going on about it?
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Chelsey Flood
Jul 21, 20196 min
I Regretted Starting This Blog Until a Stranger's Email Reminded Me Why
In a time obsessed with image crafting, public vulnerability feels dangerous and damaging. Honestly, the opposite is true.
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Chelsey Flood
Jul 16, 20196 min
How To Survive A Wedding Sober
It’s a May wedding and I am so freshly sober that I don’t even know I’m getting sober.
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Chelsey Flood
Jul 9, 20196 min
What if Drinking is the Sane Choice?
And if so, how do you live in reality without alcohol? When I was six I found a pink and featherless baby bird that had fallen from its...
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Chelsey Flood
Jun 23, 20196 min
How a Writing Residency in the Arctic Forced Me to be Grateful
eighteen months sober, I arrived in the wilderness. September 2017 I travelled to Svalbard for a writing residency. For three weeks, we...
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Chelsey Flood
May 28, 20196 min
Stop Gaslighting Yourself and Learn From Your Experience!
There is almost no evidence of how my drinking was destructive outside of my own psyche. This is not the same as saying there is no evidence
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Chelsey Flood
May 21, 20197 min
Alcohol Helped Me to Become an Author then Stole My Ability to Write
Seeing my words in print, beautifully illustrated and then receiving compliments for them Now this was a way I could interact with the world
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Chelsey Flood
May 12, 20197 min
How to Quit Booze When You Love Drinking
Hangovers aren’t the only thing you lose when you quit drinking. Here’s how I learned to focus on what I could gain instead. It’s easy...
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Chelsey Flood
May 6, 20194 min
How I Fell out of Love with Alcohol
How do you know whether you love alcohol or have become dependent? It seems strange to me now, given the grief it caused me, how much I...
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Chelsey Flood
Apr 24, 20197 min
Three Years Sober, I Finally Understand My ‘Rock Bottom’
This time three years ago, I woke, dehydrated, with a sickening feeling of doom. It wasn’t the first time, or even the first thousandth...
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Chelsey Flood
Apr 15, 20195 min
Am I 'Alcoholic'? Try My Test
If you've ever worried about your drinking, I invite you to try my foolproof and unassailable test. Number of times googled Am I...
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