The 1000 Days Sober Blog

Blog Posts From 1000 Days Sober

Enabling

There's a scene in the 'Queen's Gambit,' where Beth and her stepmother, Alma, are in a hotel ro...

Dec 02, 2020

Without awareness, there is no free choice

I played football on Sunday mornings and then went to the pub to drink all day, before stumblin...

Oct 13, 2020

Failure

The STRIVE Method: Failure Over the next few months, you will receive a series of articles sha...

Oct 12, 2020

Harry The Hummingbird

The STRIVE Method: Harry The Hummingbird Over the next few months, you will receive a series o...

Oct 06, 2020

Reality

I planned to spend time with my cousin on Friday night; then on Saturday, he would drive me into ...

Sep 24, 2020

Greyscale

Game of Thrones fans will remember Ser Jorah Mormont picking up a greyscale infection...

Sep 09, 2020

A Resistance Reversal

The universe is vast, and somewhere, deep inside, you’ll find a Dry Martini with a Tw...

Sep 03, 2020

Alcoholism is an Invisible, Violent and Dominant Belief System

In 1946, E. M. Jellinik, the man credited with naming Alcoholism as a disease, ...

Sep 02, 2020

The Suffering Choice

Two people, working for the same company, lose their job on the same day. It’s an u...

Aug 15, 2020

The Bell and the Blackbird

I’m on the phone to Jude telling him that my life is shifting in ways that I can’t ...

Aug 12, 2020

Finishing Things

Neil Gaiman’s Masterclass on creative writing is brilliant, and one of the thin...

Jul 27, 2020

Learn to Value Yourself

"Let alcohol in, and often, procrastination follows. If you want to shut the door, then l...

Jul 22, 2020

The Fire

I sit on the tube imagining a bomb exploding. Reaper-like flames claw at my Zia. A fingerna...

Jul 16, 2020

Sugar-Free Poison

I’m in the lift in the ARIA Resort in Las Vegas. Two guys join me, both dr...

Jul 13, 2020

Nickel The Pig

Nickel is a ceramic pig. Zia dropped him a few times (not the smartest gift for a 3-ye...

Jul 13, 2020

Expectations

I get it. Lowering your expectations is a cracking way to mitigate the failure fall.&n...

Jul 07, 2020

The Gods

I used to love visiting restaurants. Today, it's excruciating. I catch myself forcing my ...

Jul 06, 2020

Prosperity

Something has clicked. It's clicked before. It will click again. While it's ...

Jul 06, 2020

The Only Way Out is Through

After a bike ride that’s taken him less than four hours to travel 50-miles, Tony wonder...

Jul 18, 2019