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Kelly Tompkins
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Oct 27, 2022

What Sobriety Meant For My Partner’s Life

When 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…

Relationships

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What Sobriety Meant For My Partner’s Life
What Sobriety Meant For My Partner’s Life
Relationships

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Oct 26, 2022

Will 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. …

Sobriety

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Will I Ever Be Able to Go Into a Bar?
Will I Ever Be Able to Go Into a Bar?
Sobriety

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Oct 17, 2022

This is My Year of The Cringe

2022 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…

Life

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This is My Year of The Cringe
This is My Year of The Cringe
Life

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Letters From Space

·Oct 15, 2022

A Letter to My Anxious Dog

It’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…

Animals

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A Letter to My Anxious Dog
A Letter to My Anxious Dog
Animals

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Oct 15, 2022

Would 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 Lessons

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Would My Younger Self Love Who I Became?
Would My Younger Self Love Who I Became?
Life Lessons

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Oct 13, 2022

What Sobriety Has Meant For My Life

And 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. …

Sobriety

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What Sobriety Has Meant For My Life
What Sobriety Has Meant For My Life
Sobriety

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Oct 12, 2022

How to Get Over a Breakup When You’re Sober

It 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…

Sobriety

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How to Get Over a Breakup When You’re Sober
How to Get Over a Breakup When You’re Sober
Sobriety

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Oct 11, 2022

3 Date Ideas For When You’re Newly Sober

You 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…

Sobriety

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3 Date Ideas For When You’re Newly Sober
3 Date Ideas For When You’re Newly Sober
Sobriety

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Apr 7, 2022

3 Surprising Benefits of Sobriety

These 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…

Sobriety

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3 Surprising Benefits of Sobriety
3 Surprising Benefits of Sobriety
Sobriety

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Mar 11, 2022

5 Misconceptions About Bipolar Disorder

Trying 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 Health

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5 Misconceptions About Bipolar Disorder
5 Misconceptions About Bipolar Disorder
Mental Health

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Kelly Tompkins

Kelly Tompkins

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Austin,Texas sober girl. Lover of horror movies, cats, and fitness. Occasional bad poet.

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