Sober After 27 Years Of Drinking: Cat Sims's Story

Cat Sims got blackout drunk at 13 and her parents thought it was funny. She'd been drinking that way ever since, mostly with people who drank that way too. By her thirties she'd figured out she could mix vodka with coke and Xanax and stay personable instead of sloppy. She thought she'd solved the riddle of life.

There was no movie-grade rock bottom. There were car wrecks and missed bedtimes and 4am anxiety attacks from over-drinking. There was a marriage that nearly broke. There was a mother she loved who'd fallen asleep face-down in her dinner in front of Kat's school friends, and a shame Kat had been numbing ever since.

At 100 days sober, this is Kat as honest as she's been about any of it. No spin. No "I've never been better." Just: this is hard, this is necessary, and this is the work.

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Provided below are links for services offering additional help and advice, and links for Cat.

https://www.notsosmugnow.com/

https://www.instagram.com/notsosmugnow/https://alcoholchange.org.uk/https://www.wearewithyou.org.uk/

https://www.drinkaware.co.uk/advice/alcohol-support-services

https://nacoa.org.uk/

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