Sober Hippy Mother

Parenting can be impossibly hard sometimes.  As a mother of a 16 year old daughter and a 4 year old son, as well as being a step-mum to an 8 year old boy, I have my hands full of people that need my care and guidance, and these people often have no interest in listening to me at all. It's great isn't it?  The job as a parent we take so seriously and spend so much time doing is met with our 'clients' total lack of knowing or understanding.  And that's fair enough. They are children after all.  Who knows if they'll ever understand or appreciate all the work we put in.  We just want our kids to grow up with the best possible start to life, and who really knows how our parenting will go.. the best we can really do is hope to see the 'proof in the pudding' when they grow up to be amazing adults.  And maybe they'll grow up to hate me anyway and not want anything to do with me.  There are no guarantees.  And that is realy hard to take sometimes when all ...

 I have a few things to share, and the not drinking thing has been my biggest focus lately, which I think I have conquered.  At least for this month.  Last week I had a glass of wine. Never too many these days, but any is too many for me these days.  I still wake up at 3am feeling like crap and wishing I hadn't just put poison in my body.  My body hurts a bit more, and I feel a bit more anxious.  It's just the way it is for me who is now even more sensitive to everything than ever.  I have read many books around the quitting of alcohol.  Many.  I will write you a list at some point.  But this book was really good. Probably the best. And it really feels like it unbrainwashed me and my thoughts around alcohol.  The book is by Jason Vale called 'Kick The Drink.. Easily!'.  I highly recommend it.  It makes me feel grateful not to drink.  I'm giving myself the rest of February to process the book, and in my mind I am telli...