Sober Sassy Life With Jackie Elliott

What would you do? How would start afresh? Sharing some new goals for the rest of my life..

Are you doomed to be in the Hallway of Recovery forever? What's stopping you from opening that door...

Sometimes those memories from our drinking past are not pleasant. But sometimes they serve a purpose.

I use "No' a lot now. It works.

Do all these crystals, potions and cleanses actually help your sobriety? (Warning this one gets a bit sweary)

As summer is upon us, I wonder - is there is a better time of year to quit drinking? 

What are triggers? And how should we deal with them?

I started writing a blog to keep myself accountable - now it's much more than that.

Nausea? Upset stomach? Every pill designed to 'cure" us has a side effect? But what about the side effects of a very simple 'cure', available to all of us?

Looking back over the last couple of years, and also, what's planned for June.

Think you haven't reached "rock bottom" yet? Listen in...

Am I anti-alcohol? Anti-drinking? No, absolutely not, but here are some things that I am against...

Why do we just keep on drinking when it's SO bad for us?

When do you turn the other cheek and when do you set boundaries? Determining the best reaction to situations can be harder early on in sobriety, when you are still 'second guessing" yourself..

Quitting the booze is not easy. But it doesn't have to be complicated.

In this social media age, it's easy to think that everyone else is having a better time of it than you...

How to we get to the Big Picture of our life? By ignoring it.....

When does that Tipping Point of Sobriety happen? When the struggle ceases and we embrace our new sober life?

Finding your reason for quitting and for staying sober. Figuring out what's in it for you...

Do it with good grace, or don't do it at all, my mum used to say. I've fallen into a bad habit again...