Megan's UN-Rock-Bottom Sober Blog

Why do I advocate for sobriety? Because I feel better now than when I drank alcohol. It’s really that simple. I talk about it because never in a million years, did I believe I would ever love being sober. That...

Are you alcohol-free but still feeling deprived? Do you pine away at other people drinking their cocktails? Salivate when the waitress delivers glasses of wine to another table? You know that drinking alcohol is not good for you, but you...

Dear  Tropicana  #TakeAMimoment, Wow. Your new TV commercial directly targeting vulnerable, stressed out, anxious parents during the pandemic is epic. I hope that it sells a ton of orange juice, so that you will responsibly donate the profits to Recovery...

“There is no way I can get thru the holidays without drinking!” “It’s so hard not to drink on the weekend, I can’t do it!” “I can’t go to a party and not drink.” “Tell me lies, tell me sweet...

4 years ago today, I woke up with another massive hangover. I used the stress and anxiety of a presidential election as an excuse to drink and stay up until 3am. I woke up feeling battered, depleted and small. Even...

The global health and wellness market is projected to reach $4.94 trillion in 2020. We are obsessed with feeling younger, looking younger and living our best life. Yet, as a culture we still consume alcohol at alarming rates. It doesn’t...

I would tell myself I was not going to drink all day then find myself taking off my work clothes and making a b-line to the fridge to drink wine. I remember pouring the glass at the same time asking...

It only took a few days into being alcohol-free for me to realize that everything in my entire life had seemed to slow down. I mean slow down so much that I thought I was going to DIE of boredom....

Alcohol slowly started to highjack the ability for me to enjoy my life. Me feeling happy, me feeling excited, me feeling gratitude, me feeling alive. Overall, it started to numb my senses and emotions. It was hard for me to...

I don’t have to wonder why I reached for alcohol for relief and started to medicate my anxiety with it. Now that I am sober, I can see it crystal clear. The culture that I live in handed it to...

The stigma is so excruciating, people would rather die in this country than be labeled an alcoholic. The stigma, not just the addiction, is killing people. When I started having a gut feeling that I was drinking too much and couldn’t stop,...

Contrary to popular belief, people do not go from being non-alcoholic to alcoholic overnight. It is a spectrum disorder. For some, the change happens rapidly; for most others it takes years to develop. The deceptive part of this condition is...

FOMO (Fear Of Missing Out). This was a very real feeling I had when I decided to stop drinking for good. At the time, I believed that I couldn’t have fun without alcohol. I believed that alcohol is what made a party...

Alcoholism: “Turn Around, Don’t Drown.” I was born and raised in Central Texas, where every year there is a threat of flash flooding. Flash flooding is the leading cause of weather-related deaths in Texas. As little as six inches of...

A strange behavior of alcohol addiction is hiding booze. I never hid bottles in the toilets and in every nook and cranny in my house, but there was no question I was on my way. While in the throes of...

 Awww yes, the 3am beat down. I thought I was suffering panic attacks. I told my friends I had insomnia. I told my husband I had nightmares. Nope. It was the alcohol I was feeding my body every night...

When I was a child, I believed my parents drank every night because they liked the taste of alcohol. It was considered an adult drink because only adults would think it tasted good. I remember asking my mom for a...

I tried proving to myself that I wasn’t addicted to alcohol all the time. I would quit for days and weeks at a time to make myself feel better about my drinking. I even quit for an entire month one...

Blackouts are one of the worst possible outcomes of over-drinking. I would wake up in the morning and have an overwhelming feeling or terror. My heart would start to race and my breath would get shallow and I would freeze...

Monday: (Adamant) Today is the day. I am going to quit drinking forever, I can’t take this. Tuesday: (Holding Strong) I’m doing this. I have to do this. I’m strong. I can do anything I put my mind to. Wednesday:...

Toward the end of my drinking career, I would wake up almost every single night at 3 a.m. My head would be throbbing, my mouth would be sticky and dry, and then it would begin—my early morning beat down. I...