My 2014 attempt at Sobertober — It’s been nine months since I last consumed alcohol, and about time for another rock-bottom story from my life as a drinker living in Canada during the coldest winter in forty years. Back when Dry January was just a whisper in the ear of the questioning millennial, Sobertober was all…

Navigating drinking dreams — Have you ever had a dream where you did or said something unspeakable, let alone forgivable, only to spend the entirety of the following day feeling guilty about it? …

Fine, I’m an alcoholic. But so are you. — Following last month’s article, and my celebration at being “SIX MONTHS SOBER, BABY!”, I got my first very weird reaction to my sobriety. Someone I don’t know very well but am friends with on Facebook challenged me on my use of the word ‘sober’, claiming that to use that word…

What I drink at the pub — First, let me say that I am writing this article completely of my own accord without any sponsorship or free products from any of the brands mentioned below. …

When my experiment with quitting alcohol became a permanent decision, I committed to publishing an article every month for my first year of sobriety to hold myself accountable, track my progress, and put all my thoughts and explanations in one very public, easy-to-find place. So, I’ve talked about my tumultuous…

*but were too afraid to ask — I asked my followers on Instagram and Twitter what questions they had for me about my sobriety — here is the result: Dating culture seems to revolve around pubs and bars; how does sobriety change that for you if at all? I’ve been on exactly two dates since I quit drinking and they were with the same person. The first date was in the evening at a bar that…

All the shit bits of being sober — I’ve made a big show of going sober. My past two articles have been primarily focused on how much calmer and happier I have become since I quit drinking. How many things in my life were wrong or difficult or out of control because of or made worse by alcohol…

Why I Made Sobriety A Permanent Decision — To celebrate going 30 days without a drop of alcohol, I wrote an article coming out to the world as a sober person. I use the phrase “coming out” because, as a Queer woman, that’s what it felt like. I remember coming out as bisexual to my dad in my…

TW: alcoholism, addiction, substance abuse, and reckless fuckery — In the early hours of the morning on the 1st of January 2015, I nearly died. I woke up on New Years’ Day in an apartment on Peel Street in Montreal, with no knowledge of where I was or how I had come to be there. I was alone, lying…