“If I don’t post on my blog will people think I have started drinking again?” << This is the conversation I am having lately with friends, family and in my own head.
Their short answer: “No, probably not. But we like your blog! Keep posting!”
And I like my blog too, because I think it helps hold me accountable to the life-changing commitment I’ve made by giving up drinking. But sometimes life is busy and lacking inspiration for a hot minute and I just can’t think what to write about. So, to keep it all going, here I am writing a blog post about writing a blog post.
The thing is, as my “alcohol-free life” becomes just “normal life”, I become less eager to post here and also less enthusiastic to try new NA options. I love what I love… which is Heineken 0.0%, all things Athletic Brewing, Red Bull and lashings upon lashings of tea. 🫖
And yet when I offer my blog up in the Facebook Sober Curious group, people are always appreciative of the stories, perspectives and insights that I offer PLUS it proves I’m still not drinking to any doubters out there.
Balancing using this blog for accountability and community, there’s a lot that goes into creating a blog post, including seeking inspiration, researching topics, sourcing imagery, writing decently and checking the content is optimized for Google, showing up in search and in my own menus. Thinking of interesting topics tends to be the hardest thing and a coworker recently suggested that I extended my use of this forum to post on other subjects such as:
- Working in a creative but sadistic industry
- When your kids almost drive you to drink
- My boss gave me a D grade
- Raising tweens in 2024
- Learning to rock (my guitar journey) 🎸
- How to give less f@cks
If anyone thinks I could broaden out the content I write about here, let me know by commenting on this post. In the meantime, I’ll get planning my next blog post and endeavor to do better. For now, here’s a selection of Sober Furious images off the cutting room floor. ✌️
Stay Sober Furious my friends!
