Your confessions: Tell me how you really feel…..
Category Archives: Emotional
Confession: I love clichés and I’m drunk on life!
I didn’t think I could do it. On whim in 2013 I decided I wanted to try an experiment and live sober for one full year in what I consider an alcohol dependent pop-culture. Whether its admiring Olivia Pope’s penchant … Continue reading
Confession 8: My (Thanksgiving) Solitude Challenge
Over this Thanksgiving holiday weekend I took up the Solitude Challenge from a friend of mine challenging me to turn off everything – phones, TV, laptops, etc. – and spend 30 minutes in solitude with myself in an isolated space. … Continue reading
Posted in Awareness and Support, Education, Emotional, Lifestyle, Opinion, Uncategorized
Tagged addiction, alcoholism, holidays, homeless, Solitude, Solitude Challenge, Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving day, veterans, volunteer
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Confession 6: I need to learn how to stay C.A.L.M!
I originally started this blog to document my year without having a drink of alcohol. And with less than 2 months to go I have some big considerations to take into account. I get asked more than ever lately, “Are … Continue reading
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Tagged alochol abuse, awareness, choices, confessionsofafatboy, Inspiration, lifestyle, mindfulness, sobriety
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Confession 5: I am a terrible friend. (But here’s how Spotify might help?)
As if I needed another reason to love Spotify, (i.e. Netflix for music), but they may just help salvage a wilted friendship with their ingenious and creative way of handling customer service issues. Basically in a nutshell, or should I … Continue reading
Posted in Emotional, Humor, Uncategorized
Tagged confessionsofafatboy, customer service, customized music playlists, friends, friendship, mindful, Music, personal, spotify
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184 (empty) bottles of beer on the wall: Sam Smith & the Gay Male Body Archetype
I’m half way done with my challenge and could not have found a better article/blog to share about some of the motivation behind my abstinence from alcohol. I so often fall into the same insecure media induced tropes of achieving … Continue reading
Posted in Awareness and Support, Emotional, Fitness, Music
Tagged alcoholism, Inspiration, Music, Sober, sobriety
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227 (empty) bottles of beer on the wall: Did you miss me??!!! Good, now let’s press the reset button… The Coping Post!
Sorry folks!!!! I promise I did not abandon you to run away with my CIA clone lover, turned lawyer from outer space. I was just having a real bitch of a time with my Managerial Economics class that I took … Continue reading
Posted in Emotional, Music, Opinion, Psychological, Uncategorized
Tagged alcohol, alcoholism, Music, psychology, Sober
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265 (empty) bottles of beer on the wall: The first 100 days!!
WOW wow wow wow WOW wow WOW WOW!! I can cannot believe it’s been 1oo days of sobriety! Now only 265 more days to go…….. And I am certain they will be the toughest yet with summer right around the … Continue reading
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Tagged #alcoholfreeweekend, alcohol, alcoholism, alochol abuse, SNL, Sober
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290 (empty) bottles of beer on the wall…… TOP 10 things I miss about drinking!
So I know it seems like my views on alcohol resemble how the not-so-dearly departed Fred Phelps feels about us gays, (re: Don’t be an Asshole on St. Patrick’s Day!), but I want to make it clear that I am … Continue reading
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356 (empty) bottles of beer on the wall: Be A SLUT for LOVE today!!!
Part of the Music Monday (But it’s really Friday!) series It’s Valentine’s Day! Aaaaaaand I’m a bonafide sucker for this Hallmark holiday. Ironically though, I’ve never had an actual Valentine on Valentine’s Day. Yeah, there have been fairweather boyfriends, but to … Continue reading
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Confessions of a Fat Boy........ 