Tag: sober living

• Day Fifty-Three

  

  We celebrated the 4th of July here the day before yesterday. After my coffee shift on Saturday, I grabbed a quick omelet at brunch and then it was time to open the store. With the station-wide party for the 4th in the evening, I was allowed to close both the store and the bar for…

  annemarieathey

  July 3, 2023

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• Day Fifty-Two

  

  Today was a good day. It started with my weekly coffee shift this morning. It took all of me to get out of bed and go to it. It’s a two-day weekend for the community, which means no one gets up at 7AM, so I knew it would be a very quiet shift. I had…

  annemarieathey

  July 2, 2023

  antarctica

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• Day Nineteen

  

  That feeling of wanting to belong has been present ever since I got to Christchurch back in October. It makes sense; new job, new coworkers, new home, new friends, new everything. In some ways, many ways, when I got sober almost six years ago, I had to learn how to live all over again. And…

  annemarieathey

  May 29, 2023

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