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hi there • i'm laura ward • i am a
mom • wife • small biz owner •
retired wine drinker (and beer ... and champagne ... and vodka ... and margaritas ... and all the booze) • spinal fusion survivor • writer

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  • Sober sister Laura Silverman (@wearesober) is such a doll. I am blessed to know her and share this sobriety journey with such a beautiful and genuine woman. She recently featured me in the Recovery Profiles section of her incredible website and I couldn't be more grateful [link in bio]. Thank you, Laura. Love you, babe!💗 . . . . #sobermom #soberlife #sober #sobriety #addiction #recovery #alcoholfree #recover #teetotaler #teetotal #wedorecover #hope #strength #love #inspire #inspiration #courage #liveyourtruth #quitwining #authentic #empower #wearesober #SoberLaurasForever
  • Yum. That is all. 😋 . . . . #sobermom #soberlife #sober #sobriety #addiction #recovery #alcoholfree #recover #teetotaler #teetotal #wedorecover #hope #strength #love #inspire #inspiration #courage #liveyourtruth #quitwining #authentic #empower #organic #sanavi #coconut #alcoholfree #noalcohol #sparklingwater #sanavi_water
  • My little fridge oatmeal assembly line. Hubby loves it, too! 😍 . . . . #sobermom #soberlife #sober #sobriety #addiction #recovery #alcoholfree #recover #teetotaler #teetotal #wedorecover #hope #strength #love #inspire #inspiration #courage #liveyourtruth #quitwining #authentic #empower #healthylifestyle #oatmeal #glutenfree
  • This totally resonated with me tonight. 🙌🏼 . . . . #sobermom #soberlife #sober #sobriety #addiction #recovery #alcoholfree #recover #teetotaler #teetotal #wedorecover #hope #strength #love #inspire #inspiration #courage #liveyourtruth #quitwining #authentic #empower #hero #humpday #wisdom
  • NEW BLOG POST [link in bio]. "Part of my problem is the fact I feel like a fraud. My story is true. All of it. But, it’s incomplete. And, I’ve consciously tried to control who does and does not read what I write."✍🏼 . . . . #sobermom #soberlife #sober #sobriety #addiction #recovery #alcoholfree #recover #teetotaler #teetotal #wedorecover #hope #strength #love #inspire #inspiration #courage #liveyourtruth #quitwining #authentic #empower #truth
  • I always get butterflies in my stomach when someone asks. So happy to have met another warrior today. 🦋 . . . . #sobermom #soberlife #sober #sobriety #addiction #recovery #alcoholfree #recover #teetotaler #teetotal #wedorecover #hope #strength #love #inspire #inspiration #courage #liveyourtruth #quitwining #authentic #empower #sobertribe
  • Whew. Long day. Frenetic pace. Scrapping the approval process and preparing to beg for forgiveness later. Sometimes it's the only way not to miss a great opportunity. My stress level was through the roof. Yet, I was in the pressure cooker my professional bio says I bask in the glow of, just for fun. Operating like it's a crisis. I love nothing more. Intense focus. Flying through the air on the tiniest trapeze, never missing the next rung. Confidence. Power. I was made for this. Yet, out of the blue, I heard myself whisper, "Keep going. It'll all be worth it when you take that first sip of wine." Wait? What the? What the holy heck, dear subconscious of mine?! Who died and made you boss? There will be no wine. Not tonight or ever. Now, shut it and let me work. My brain and my heart emerged victorious and warriored on. But, when I finally climbed into a hot bath moments ago, the memory came flooding back. So, tears. And, for a moment, self hatred. The desire for ice cream really. Not booze. Until I quickly remembered that's not who I am. There's nothing in sugar or wine that will erase the day or help me unwind. The day was great. I'm feeding off it, though thoroughly exhausted by the pace and the knowledge tomorrow will be even more chaotic as I head into a weekend jam packed with work. But, it's work I love. Work I'm good at. Work for which I've spent my career perfecting my skills. Work that makes me happy because I am clear headed enough to do it better than I ever have. Work sobriety made eleventy billion times sweeter and more rewarding than sloshy nights and hungover mornings ever could. My tears have disappeared as quickly as they arrived -- gone on to nourish my happiness, no doubt. And, I both forgive and thank my inner whatever it is for reminding me how far I've come and how great life is. 👌🏼 . . . . #sobermom #soberlife #sober #sobriety #addiction #recovery #alcoholfree #recover #teetotaler #teetotal #wedorecover #hope #strength #love #inspire #inspiration #courage #liveyourtruth #quitwining #authentic #empower #quote #qotd #stevemaraboli #mompreneur #solopreneur #smallbusiness #happiness #wisdom
  • Holy freaking cry for help, Batman. I remember this trip. Well, the parts when I wasn't all sloshy and blacked out anyway. This was an annual conference in Chicago. As I deplaned at O'Hare I learned a very special client of mine had died. The organization I was representing had made me its fearless leader. And, I was nothing short of terrified. I drank to kill my anxiety about flying and being away from the kids for so long. To calm my nerves about not having a clue how to guide the organization into its next phase of existence. To numb the sadness about my client. There were high level, serious strategy discussions at the bar. I learned about challenging decisions I needed to make and realized I'd been convinced to step into this leadership position (as an organizational outsider) because no one else was willing to do the dirty work. I was going to be the fall guy. It was all on me. I had no idea how to handle the pressure. I behaved terribly. Caused a scene. Was so hungover I practically missed my flight home. Had to make apology calls to several people Monday morning. And, still, I drank for almost five more years before realizing I had to stop - not continue trying to moderate - for good. What was so unclear then is more transparent than crystal now. 👁 . . . . #sobermom #soberlife #sober #sobriety #addiction #recovery #alcoholfree #recover #teetotaler #teetotal #wedorecover #hope #strength #love #inspire #inspiration #courage #liveyourtruth #quitwining #authentic #empower
  • My teen is off from camp this week and the deal is mom works half and we play half. Today's play time was beyond my wildest dreams. My too-cool-for-everyone 13-year-old boy chose to see a movie. Not just any movie. Not Spider-Man. Not Transformers. Nope, this kiddo selected CARS 3. He must want something. No one tugs at mom's heart that stinking hard and doesn't have an ask prepared, all thought out, speech written, the works. You see, friends, CARS (@pixarcars) was this boy's first movie theatre movie back in 2006 right before his baby sister was born. And, he used to do the most precious "look at all the sleepin' trucks" imitation of Mack that you will never forget the time you first heard it when the words randomly flowed through his lips when you passed a truck stop on a 20-hour road trip. Perhaps he had no idea how much today meant to me. Maybe he really wanted to relive his toddler days and was truly interested in the movie. I may never know. I do know we had to search all over for a theatre that still had the flick playing. And, I do know it was a run down old independently-owned four-screen place with no reclining seats and no online ticket sales offering $7 matinees. We talked a lot on our drive to and from. He shared with me some ambitious plans I thought he'd abandoned. And this quote from the movie couldn't have been more perfectly timed for either of us. 🚗 . . . . #cars3 #workhardplayhard #dontfearfailure #actinglikeakid #motherandson #sobermom #soberlife #sober #sobriety #addiction #recovery #alcoholfree #recover #teetotaler #teetotal #wedorecover #hope #strength #love #inspire #inspiration #courage #liveyourtruth #quitwining #authentic #empower
  • GRUMBLE! I have been trying to download @sexysobriety's book to my iPad for over an hour and it won't work! Battery is half drained and I am ready to scream. I just wanna read the book! 😩 . . . . #sobermom #soberlife #sober #sobriety #addiction #recovery #alcoholfree #recover #teetotaler #teetotal #wedorecover #hope #strength #love #inspire #inspiration #courage #liveyourtruth #quitwining #authentic #empower
  • I could be doing laundry. I could be vacuuming and dusting. I could be drafting three press releases and writing a new business proposal and developing a client's social media strategy. I could be taking a walk. I could. I could. I could. And, probably, I should. But this glorious bed and this mug of tea and this cool breeze through the window and knowing we're only a month from away from the start of crazy, hectic, divide and conquer evenings and weekends with the kids' fall schedules ... this morning I choose laziness. The house is tidy-ish, no one's out of clean underwear, and the work is always 1000x easier when I'm in the right headspace. Sitting. Reflecting. For someone who fought peace and quiet and feeling for so many years (because if I had time for those things how could I possibly be perfect at all my jobs?!), I am continually amazed by my ability to relax and do a little bit of nothing once in a while. 🌷 . . . . #sobermom #soberlife #sober #sobriety #addiction #recovery #alcoholfree #recover #teetotaler #teetotal #wedorecover #hope #strength #love #inspire #inspiration #courage #liveyourtruth #quitwining #authentic #empower #sobersunday #nohangover #peace #mindfulness #breathe #bedhead
  • This one. The one my mom calls "payback." She'll be 11 in the morning and I just can't believe it. Never has she looked more grown up to me than earlier this week when we escaped to the beach for a few hours. She begged me to let her climb on the rocks. I practically had a dozen little heart attacks each time she paused to steady herself. Watching her do her thing - flying free and and exploring - made me wish for just a while I was 11 again. As much as my daughter can drive me crazy so much of the time, I think we'd have made good sisters (not that I would ever trade my sister for anything!!). We left the beach before either of us was truly finished breathing it all in, but we already have plans to return. I am so proud of my young lady. She is one in a million and I am so grateful sobriety has gifted me the ability to be present in her life to dream, laugh, cry, imagine, and create with her. This is my kiddo who still hugs me and I hope she never stops. 💗 . . . . #sobermom #soberlife #sober #sobriety #addiction #recovery #alcoholfree #recover #teetotaler #teetotal #wedorecover #hope #strength #love #inspire #inspiration #courage #liveyourtruth #quitwining #authentic #empower

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