Happy 40th birthday to me and the last 11 years of those 40 have been sober ones. I’m so grateful to my family- chosen and biological- for all their love and support so I could be here today #40thbirthday #sobernotboring #roadofhappydestiny #anotherreasonforicecream #brightspotofourlives (at Chicago, Illinois) https://www.instagram.com/p/ChQAAP_pHRfAtD-jUAIAzK0An2-w7aqqsXkmkA0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Happy 40th birthday to me and the last 11 years of those 40 have been sober ones. I’m so grateful to my family- chosen and biological- for all their love and support so I could be here today #40thbirthday #sobernotboring #roadofhappydestiny #anotherreasonforicecream #brightspotofourlives (at Chicago, Illinois) https://www.instagram.com/p/ChQAAP_pHRfAtD-jUAIAzK0An2-w7aqqsXkmkA0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

The @freshstartrecoverycentre alumni and clients took advantage of the beautiful weather today and held a friendly game of softball with the @simon.house.recovery today. #sobernotboring https://www.instagram.com/p/CdjkCC9PoBo/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Hoodies are here !! Just in time for fall!! 60.00 each.. all proceeds go to Skate Straight Dallas Texas Skate Straight Dharma Brigade Skate Straight Flip Side Alcoholics Anonymous DM for details. Once they go online they will be gone #soberskatetober #sobernotboring #soberclothing #recoveryispossible #recoveryclothing (at Dallas, Texas) https://www.instagram.com/p/CVjZ2XEMJgh/?utm_medium=tumblr

Never underestimate your power to influence the future through your childrearing practices today 😊 Today my husband took our 14-year-old on a biking trip with his #MTB friends (who are mostly adults, mix of businessmen, pastors/priests, and sports enthusiasts). In the evening, it's his date night at the tennis court with our 9-year-old. He's originally a basketball kind of guy, but COVID-19 is changing the way we socialize, so we learn to live with that. Now the young boys know which activities allow for sufficient social distancing and which ones don't. They're also meeting new friends and learning from other people. I'm sharing this because I'm just so happy for both my husband and I to be able to have the opportunity to share the same interests and hobbies with our children, even the same social circle! All these are possible because we took a 180° turn and embraced a sober life. When one of our life coaches said six years ago that I had quit smoking/drinking if I was to get on the road to recovery with my husband, I was scared! I didn't know how else to live. Then this happened. There's nowhere else I'd rather be or do than with these amazing persons, living sober lives, one day at a time. #lifeinrecovery #sobermom #recoverywarrior #sobernotboring #soberissexy #soberiscool #sobernotdead #justfortoday #familygoals #Parenting #intentionalparenting #raisingboys #parentingboys https://www.instagram.com/p/CCtZ6zLDfHx/?igshid=1w3sjlr5ftyja

I appear to be something of an oddity - I don’t do well with time on my hands... It would appear I thrive on pressure and deadlines and when I actually have time to do stuff (in this case, wander across the cobbled lane to my gym and/or room full of keyboards) I find an astonishing amount of other stuff to fill my day with instead of doing what I actually planned... Ah well - here’s to having not enough time to do stuff again so I can actually get some stuff done!!:))) #lackofmotivation #sobernotboring #lockdown2020 (at Groby) https://www.instagram.com/p/B-2Tu82jLyz/?igshid=1jltnkhaz0y0k

I’m 16 years sober today. I was told, (whilst I was being loved back to life in the rooms of AA in and around Milton Keynes during the early, tortuous days of trying to make sense of life without alcohol:) that I could have “a life beyond my wildest dreams” if I didn’t have another drink and - well - here we are!;)) As a result of another sober year, my litre bottle of Jack Daniels has survived in the kitchen wine rack, I’ve become a Dad (which was statistically marginally less likely then me ever getting/staying sober;)), I’m studying law and am even a Responsible Adult at work. I have a wonderfully supportive and loving home life, (with the addition of the new ‘sleep thief’) and a brand new set of challenges and rewards to deal with in the shape of The Boy...:) None of those words could have been said about me 16 years ago, so I’ll carry-on gratefully ‘trudging the road of happy destiny’ for a few days longer...:)) #soberlife #sobernotboring #soberaf https://www.instagram.com/p/B5Y7rrugmXf/?igshid=3rreuw95czd8

Day 2 of being parents and he doesn’t appear to have broken yet, so we’re winning;))) #BabyLewis #WTAF #iamtoooldforthis #sobernotboring #lifebeyondmywildestdreams (at Leicester Royal Infirmary Maternity Unit) https://www.instagram.com/p/B19uDGGAwMB/?igshid=550jv9psc412