The Recovery Elevator Blog
BYO Mocktail: The No Regrets (AF)
Happy 2022! I hope everyone survived the end of 2021 with at least a smile on their face. Growing up, my grandfather owned a liquor store. It was a family run business, my uncles all worked there as kids and my one uncle worked there his whole life. They raised their...
5 MYTHS ABOUT SOBRIETY
Are you thinking about giving up alcohol? What is stopping you? Maybe you know that you have a problem with alcohol, that it is no longer serving you, it’s causing wreckage throughout your life…but the thought of quitting makes you nervous and scared?...
BYO Mocktail: The First Thanksgiving Sangria (AF)
Hello again all! We are starting that descent into the holiday season which can often cause anxiety for those of us in sobriety. No matter how much time you have there can be triggers everywhere that threaten to derail you.First up: Thanksgiving. For all my...
Staying Grounded in Recovery
What do you do when you get a craving? When you’re in that moment and your next move may decide whether you pick up a bottle, or not. And how do you feel when you’re in that moment? For example...I feel anxious, I feel panicky and I feel nervous. ...
Bring Your Own Mocktail – Alcohol-Free Dark & Stormy
Drinking alcohol for me wasn’t always bad. There are a lot of happy memories I have from when I was drinking. Fun adventures were had, friends were made and laughter was heard echoing through an afternoon. One of the bars my husband and I go to in the summer has a...
When Relapse is Part of Your Story
I saw the following quote about relapse on Instagram the other day. When I first read it I thought, ‘gross!’, and scrolled on. Throughout the day the quote kept coming back to me though...perhaps because I have 3 dogs that are often doing gross things. But the more...
Bring Your Own Mocktail – Alcohol-Free Tom Collins
This past weekend I had the chance to teach some mocktails for the Dry July Restore class hosted by Recovery Elevator. The Sunday classes are a little check in and are meant to be fun. And what’s more fun than making some NA drinks?! For the class we made 3 drinks and...
7 Things I Don’t Miss About Drinking
There was a time that I was afraid to stop drinking. I was afraid that I would fail. I was scared about removing something from my life that had been a part of my life for over 30 years. I thought drinking made me fun...so by quitting I would be boring. I...
Bring Your Own Mocktail – Alcohol-Free Strawberry Mojito
Hi! I’m Kate and I’m here to give you the mocktail content you didn’t know you needed or wanted. Every other month I’ll be here with a new recipe for you to try. Back in my drinking days I was a huge fan of cocktails. You name it, I drank it. It might have been that I...
“Sober” VS “In Recovery”
“I’m sober.” “I’m in recovery.” Two statements that very often get interchanged. If you think they mean the same thing, think again. There is a distinct difference. Being sober is very different from being in recovery. You can be one or the other...or you...
