I'm Feeling 22 ✌🏼✌🏼

Go Slow and Savor is our Insider August challenge that I created because I knew I needed it. August sort of calls for it, don't you think? I closed my laptop early on Friday and watched 2 movies on Netflix: Mountain Queen and A Simple Favor. Then I finished a book. What a treat!

I've now started reading The Fourth Wing. Fantasy is not my thing, but let's see how this goes. Have you read it? 

I also was able to tie up lots of loose ends around my house: picture collage wall (by old drinking friends, hello new soberish crew), husband's office redo (finally framing all those autographed sports pics), and adding apples 🍎 and back to school decor ✏️where I can. I love to putz around the house! Putz! That word. So good. Go Slow and Savor.

My #1 girl is back at school for sorority recruitment and I gotta tell you, I tease that I love being a virtual mom, but it's true. All to the good stuff and none of the "pick up after yourself" BS.

First-time college mama's trust me, it's going to be okay. 

Hubs and I celebrated our 22nd wedding anniversary. We had the best spot on a patio by a waterfall at Gibson's. We splurged on surf and turf. By surf, I mean lobster 🦞, which is a big splurge and we giggled at our audacity.

I got an alcohol-free espresso martini 🍸that I am still high on.

As I sat across the table from my guy, as I have for over two decades, he got sentimental with appreciation and gratitude for me and for us. It was so touching. We toasted with our Beck's Zero. 🍻

I felt the same way toward him. We met in college as party people in a bar. I used to drink my head off with him, knowing he would get me home safely. I am so thankful that we made it through all that and got to where we are now. There is no way I would want to dumb down or dilute this special moment together. Why would I want to get drunk on our anniversary? Why would I want to miss this memory? Why would I want to catch a buzz and brown out on our limited time together? My friends' have cancer and some are gone and their spouses would give anything for dinner on a patio with their loved ones. I soaked it up. All of it. Him. I am relieved that I will never drink again. Alcohol has no part in my future. It is so good for me and it is also so good for him and for us. Overcoming it feels like a really good part of our love story. 

In the past week, we've had an Insider reach 1 year alcohol-free 🎉, two 7 months alcohol-free, and a few with 30+ days. Together we've overcome boozy work trips, milestone birthdays, and beach vacays. JOIN US 💕

The latest podcast dropped and it's SOOOO good. Loving a Partner in Recovery with Jessie Repeta. Fun fact, this was the first one I recorded. LISTEN HERE 🎧  

Reach out if I can support you in ditching the drink, creating your community, or building your business. 

XO!

-Heather