🗣I’m so excited to announce that I’m opening my books new coaching clients for January 2022. Click here for more information and to apply for a spot.. I like working with folks who are newer to sobriety, or those of you who are stable in your recovery, and looking to evolve into what’s next. Let’s connect if you’re ready ❣️ *4 spots left*
❄️ WINTER SOLSTICE writing workshop isSunday, December 19th. This is the last writing workshop of the year! Please sign up in advance here here (Sunday, 12/19, 10am - 12pm PST).
Hey all, how we doing? Happy Friday. I’m kind of bugging out that there are only *3* Fridays left this year.
As y’all know, I’ve been answering questions about navigating the holidays as a non-drinker in these Friday posts. I didn’t get any questions this week, but what I did get was the following mic-drop of a comment from a friend and reader in response to the “Tips for Sober Holiday Fun” post from a couple of weeks ago:
I would add that I used to agonize about what I would say when people asked me why I wasn't drinking until I realized that this doesn't happen nearly as often as I thought it would. When it does, I usually just say I don't like the way alcohol makes me feel anymore which is hard to argue with. Try thinking about being sober at an event where the majority are drinking as a superpower. Everyone else is running around drinking a substance that makes them LESS wise, witty, and attractive while you're just hanging out being your best, REAL, authentic self. Awkward maybe, but being awkward is soooo much better than slurring, puking, being obnoxious, etc. right? I'll end with the advice that you can rest assured that it will eventually get easier- SO MUCH EASIER. And yes, the JOY of waking up after a party without a hangover never gets old.
SO GOOD. Forever grateful for your wisdom and generosity, Catherine!
How’s everyone doing out there? This is the time of year where everything in me wants to slow down, but all around me the collective engine continues to speed up. I chose the cozy photo above to inspire us all to spend more time in bed.
As a reminder: between now and the end of the year, these Friday posts will be devoted to answering your questions about navigating the holidays as a non-drinker.
Do you have a question on your brain? Comment below, or click “reply” to this email if you have questions you’d like to see explored here ✨
👀Watch: I watched this 700 times this week and it brought me the same amount of joy every damn time. Here is more about the masterpiece.
🎧Listen: Pandemic Time with Fania and Angela Davis, in conversation with adrienne maree brown and Autumn Brown over at the “How to Survive the End of the World” podcast. It was so damn rad to hear these luminaries speak with each other, and to hear the story of Fania and Angela’s upbringing in Birmingham, Alabama, and their subsequent evolutions as artists and activists. Can’t recommend more highly!
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ANNOUNCEMENTS:
🗣I’m so excited to announce that I’m opening my books new coaching clients for January 2022. Click here for more information and to apply for a spot.. I like working with folks who are newer to sobriety, or those of you who are stable in your recovery, and looking to evolve into what’s next. Let’s connect if you’re ready ❣️ *4 spots left*
❄️ WINTER SOLSTICE writing workshop is Sunday, December 19th. This is the last writing workshop of the year! Please sign up in advance here here (Sunday, 12/19, 10am - 12pm PST).
❤️🩹Next Sober From Bullshit Recovery Club (final one of the year!) is Monday, December 20. Register here.
Questions? Ask. I’m here and I’d love to hear from you.
Hey all, how we doing? Happy Friday. I’m kind of bugging out that there are only *3* Fridays left this year.
As y’all know, I’ve been answering questions about navigating the holidays as a non-drinker in these Friday posts. I didn’t get any questions this week, but what I did get was the following mic-drop of a comment from a friend and reader in response to the “Tips for Sober Holiday Fun” post from a couple of weeks ago:
SO GOOD. Forever grateful for your wisdom and generosity, Catherine!
How’s everyone doing out there? This is the time of year where everything in me wants to slow down, but all around me the collective engine continues to speed up. I chose the cozy photo above to inspire us all to spend more time in bed.
As a reminder: between now and the end of the year, these Friday posts will be devoted to answering your questions about navigating the holidays as a non-drinker.
Do you have a question on your brain? Comment below, or click “reply” to this email if you have questions you’d like to see explored here ✨
Sending all my good everything,
tuya,
dani
📖Read: Ok I know I get hyperbolic on here a lot but this truly is just utterly gorgeous: If I Had Loved Her Less: On a Queer Reading of Henry David Thoreau and the Daily Performance of Manhood
👀Watch: I watched this 700 times this week and it brought me the same amount of joy every damn time. Here is more about the masterpiece.
🎧Listen: Pandemic Time with Fania and Angela Davis, in conversation with adrienne maree brown and Autumn Brown over at the “How to Survive the End of the World” podcast. It was so damn rad to hear these luminaries speak with each other, and to hear the story of Fania and Angela’s upbringing in Birmingham, Alabama, and their subsequent evolutions as artists and activists. Can’t recommend more highly!
Thank you so much for being a part of this community. If you like this newsletter, please consider leaving a comment, sending it to a friend or becoming a paid subscriber. Or respond and say hi, I always love hearing from you.