Books have always been my best friends and greatest teachers.
This exploration is no exception. Here are the books that have inspired and energized my journey so far. I've read a couple of others, but these are the ones that have left me with the most. Most of these links are Amazon affiliate links.
- This Naked Mind by Annie Grace (I got the Kindle version with Audible and listened during my commute). This is where it started for me. I love Annie's viewpoint and goal: "I can drink whenever I want, I just don't want to drink." That's where I want to go. Annie's research and anecdotes work on both your conscious and subconscious mind. It may be working.
- The Sober Diaries by Clare Pooley (Kindle version is only $4.99). I laughed and cried as I read Clare's account of her first year sober. I'm not the only one who keeps track of the wine bottle to make sure I get more? Highly relatable, funny, and vulnerable. This book helped me glimpse the Other Side.
- A Happier Hour by Rebecca Weller (Kindle). There's a theme here. As a middle-aged white mother, I needed to read stories of others like me. Functional drinkers who decided to experiment with the sober life and decided to stay. And then discovered wold success and true happiness on the other side. This book is no exception.
- Mrs. D Is Going Without: A Memoir by Lotta Dan (Kindle) Ditto. I'm actually as of writing this post currently wrapping up this book. What I'm loving is Mrs. D.'s recounting of finding her feelings again. Somehow the Book Goddess always delivers books to my hands that have the lesson I need right now. And finding and feeling my feelings is just where I am. I already bought her follow up Mrs. D. Is Going Within because I'm right there with her.
- Next up is May Cause Miracles: A 40 Day Guidebook of Subtle Shifts for Radical Change and Unlimited Happiness by Gabrielle Bernstein. This is not quit lit (as They say), but perhaps my next step. We'll see!
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