Oct 27Member-onlyWhat Sobriety Meant For My Partner’s LifeWhen I wrote a piece of what sobriety meant for me, it made me think about my most recent relationship. How did sobriety affect my last relationship? This might have a better title if I said “How sobriety might have caused me to break up with my boyfriend of six…Relationships4 min readRelationships4 min read
Oct 26Member-onlyWill I Ever Be Able to Go Into a Bar?After almost 4 years, it really depends. I was tested a couple of weekends ago. Here I was waiting to meet a new friend so while I waited for them, I walked up and down the strip. …Sobriety3 min readSobriety3 min read
Oct 17Member-onlyThis is My Year of The Cringe2022 has been my year of making big changes. So what exactly do I mean by this year being the year of the cringe? In this case, I’m referring to the definition of something that is super awkward or even embarrassing. I declared at the start of this year that…Life4 min readLife4 min read
Published in Letters From Space·Oct 15Member-onlyA Letter to My Anxious DogIt’s all going to be okay. To Kuma, You’ve had quite the life, haven’t you? Abandoned with your siblings at a young age, you were taken in by a few different people until you ended up with me. I remember the first day I brought you home because my cats…Animals2 min readAnimals2 min read
Oct 15Member-onlyWould My Younger Self Love Who I Became?I am everything younger me would have hated. When you were young, did you get this idea in your head about what an adult is? I thought thirty was old, and that any useful thing I would do or have done would have been in my very early twenties. …Life Lessons4 min readLife Lessons4 min read
Oct 13Member-onlyWhat Sobriety Has Meant For My LifeAnd why I’ll never go back to drinking. I’ve been sober for long enough that I almost don’t remember the days where I couldn’t exist without a few beers every day. The key word here is almost. …Sobriety3 min readSobriety3 min read
Oct 12Member-onlyHow to Get Over a Breakup When You’re SoberIt won’t be like the movies. If you read my recent post, I’m attempting to get back into the dating scene. 3 Date Ideas For When You’re Newly Sober You don’t always have to meet someone at a bar for drinks.kellyntompkins.medium.com My last relationship was nearing six years before we ended things so it’s safe to say that there had been a lot of time and effort invested into it…Sobriety3 min readSobriety3 min read
Oct 11Member-only3 Date Ideas For When You’re Newly SoberYou don’t always have to meet someone at a bar for drinks. Imagine it, you’ve swiped right or — somehow, managed to meet someone in person and there’s date talk. If you’re like me, your first thought, even if you’ve been sober for a while, is to meet at a…Sobriety4 min readSobriety4 min read
Apr 7Member-only3 Surprising Benefits of SobrietyThese are things you may not even think about. — When I went sober, there were things that immediately came to mind that I could finally be free from. No more mornings where I woke up unsure of how I got to bed or what I did the night before; no insane charges on my credit card of things I…Sobriety3 min readSobriety3 min read
Mar 11Member-only5 Misconceptions About Bipolar DisorderTrying to normalize the disorder one step at a time. There is a stigma against mood disorders and specifically what I’ll be referring to today is Bipolar Disorder. If you watch any kind of media that mentions the disorder, the person is usually extremely violent or extremely artistic, not sleeping…Mental Health5 min readMental Health5 min read
