Hola Sober OCTOBER

editor's note The past month for me has been medically managed with major cardiovascular surgery on the agenda giving me an insight into how a Spanish ICU operates. Thirty Hours in ICU will give most people a clear kick in the ass and I exited the beeping machines more grateful than ever that I no longer wasted hours of my life down the neck of a wine bottle in some alleged girl-chic-wine-o- clock-bullshit. I emerged with a choir of freaking angels singing in my head "That radical choice in an alcocentric world may have just saved your fecking life." And it did. Almost four years of being alcohol-free had at least given my body a fighting chance and we won this round of interventions This morning I am happy. I have peace. I have joy. I have gratitude. I have a sense of being present for all things, the pain in my body, and the healing - I am here for all of it. My life is a gentle roll call of colour and beauty in all things sobriety, this magazine, the daily email, Pledge 100, and at its core VOLUNTEERING and this is my October moment of volunteering to help splash some pretty ravishing joy, inspiration, and motivation through your inbox. Hola Sober October offers a feast of wonderful features and the fabulous Ann Dowsett Johnson not only did her monthly column but also jumped in to help me edit again this month. Ann writes about 'The Frog Pond ' as Janey Lee Grace's column talks of Self Care in Sobriety. ' Irish journalist Brian O Connell answers our Q + A sharing his sober insights and Photographer Cathlin McCullough shares the magnificent Dot with us, whose age and beauty are a woman truly empowered. Alice Parvin shares her thoughts on being Seventy, Sober + Dating with Jennifer Bridgman writing poignantly about a football game and Beth inviting you for a cuppa which is probably a great idea before you read Rose, our resident Hola Sober witch! Linda asks I f alcohol Is Trick or Treat and a host of other fabulous articles will sprinkle sober gold in your world in this issue. Please ladies jump in and enjoy this splash of colour and joy being sent into the universe knowing all at Hola Sober Madrid wish you a fabulous month ahead as we powerfully look skyward and say not today lady, not today;

l ots of love to you all,

Susan Christina Creamer EDITOR + PUBLISHER Susan Christina Creamer

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