Sunshine Warm Sober: The unexpected joy of being sober – forever

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It's written with honesty and compassion and the stories she includes from her community helped me to walk in their shoes. Well you know I’ve been like asking you to come on the podcast for a while because I absolutely love your books. She offers lots of stories from her own life, both in her drinking days and into her now several years of sobriety.

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So I’m incredibly excited because my guest today is the author of The Unexpected Joy Of Being Sober and we’re here to talk about all things drinking, quitting drinking her writing, and her new book, Sunshine Warm Sober: Unexpected Sober Joy That Lasts . To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. And you posted in the group, and you guys were riding cable cars, and you were biking across the Golden Gate Bridge, and you were drinking tea on the other side. But if I hadn’t been in that situation, if I’d continued in full time work and been in a happy relationship, and that kind of thing, I could totally foresee that I would have drank into my 40s and beyond.And this is I just don’t believe that, you know, teens should be treated as if they’re definitely going to grow up to be drinkers, because they’re not a lot of the time. Because for a start, they wouldn’t have picked up my book unless they’ve been thinking about quitting drinking, first of all, and then they go on the journey, they do the work. Going sober can be lonely, especially if you don’t have anybody in your life taking the same journey - this book feels like a friend, taking my hand and understanding the process. I no longer kiss people who are not my partner, or wake up on a random sofa at 9am on a work day, or siphon off a flatmate’s vodka sneakily.

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How to breathe, socialise, date, dance, kiss, go to weddings, do Christmas, do life without alcohol.I loved this further exploration into the dangers of alcohol and the benefits and reasons of becoming sober. I felt seen when I read about how illness triggers her back to that same hangover sense of doom - me too and I thought I was going slowly insane! And if all becomes too much, simply do an ‘Irish trapdoor’ (also known as a ‘French exit’) and just – leave. And so you will most likely go back to drinking as you did before, just in the same way as if you were once a concert pianist. The Unexpected Joy Of Being Sober + Sunshine Warm Sober With Catherine Gray If you’ve read any Quit Lit, Catherine Gray’s book, The Unexpected Joy Of Being Sober , is likely on your bookshelf or Kindle.

Sunshine Warm Sober: Unexpected sober joy that lasts

This hotly anticipated sequel enlists the help of experts and case studies, turning a curious, playful gaze onto provocative questions. I absolutely loved Catherine Gray's previous book on sobriety, The Unexpected Joy of Being Sober, so I was quite excited to learn about Sunshine Warm Sober, the kind-of sequel. Whenever I go paddle boarding, I always hope to bump in to her so we can paddle out from shore, have a coffee out at sea and talk life experiences. If you are seeking longterm change and a life without alcohol, this book is a great tool to have in your kit. It’s not like it’s not like them marketing, say for instance, Seedlip, which doesn’t have an alcoholic version of it.Casey McGuire Davidson is a life and sobriety coach and host of the Top 100 Mental Health Podcast, The Hello Someday Podcast for sober curious women and gray area drinkers. stars but the last few pages were really touching and had me nodding the whole time and I figured I'd give it a 4! A sort of 'sequel' to 'The Unexpected Joy of Being Sober' (which I have re-read at least four times! I’m adding a bunch of bonus episodes to the mix and if you’re not subscribed there’s a good chance you’ll miss out on those.