Sober & Delighted About It
Turner PowersNot-So-Anonymous Alcoholic

Volume One · Personal Essays

I got sober and started writing it all down. Now I’m handing you the notes.

You already know drinking isn’t helping. What you don’t know yet is how good it gets after. Start with the essays, then grab the journal.

Hi, I’m Turner! Writer, mom, and the least anonymous alcoholic you’ll ever meet. This is where the essays, books, and letters live: the sober stuff, the honest stuff, and the slow, unglamorous work nobody posts about. Let’s build you a life you don’t want to escape from!

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02Mindfulness

On liking your Tuesdays.

Nobody warns you that the real reward isn’t the dramatic transformation. It’s an ordinary weekday that finally feels like enough.

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MY PHILOSOPHY

What I know now.

What I’ve figured out about putting the drink down, waking up, and falling for an ordinary life.

  1. I.

    Sobriety beats drinking. It’s not even close

    It’s more magical, more whimsical, more expansive (all the things alcohol promised but never delivered)

  2. II.

    Your brain can be rewired

    Turns out you’re not stuck with the wiring you’ve got. You get to change it on purpose.

  3. III.

    Sober is life the way it was created to be

    Not muted, not managed, not survived. Actually here for it: raw, radiant, gloriously unpolished.

  4. IV.

    You don’t need rock bottom to want better.

    “Not bad enough to quit” is the exact trap that keeps you drinking. You’re allowed to want more.

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  1. 01

    Something to notice

    One small thing to look for that day. Thirty seconds, honestly.

  2. 02

    A ritual to try

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  3. 03

    A question to carry

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The Becoming Journal

Ninety days. Ten minutes a morning. No pressure whatsoever.

I made the journal I wished I’d had at the very beginning. Every page offers a soft prompt, a small practice, and room to think — nothing to figure out, nothing to keep up with. Just something warm to open with your coffee.

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The story

I wrote this for past-me — the one with no idea where to start.

A quiet European street in the early morning

For years I tried on lives like outfits. The achiever, the fun one, the wellness girl, the mother who has it all together. None of them fit, so I kept changing the costume — a new plan, a new morning routine, another attempt to become the woman I was supposed to be by now.

The wine was background music for all of it. A small soft blur at the end of the day. Nothing dramatic. Just a quiet way to take the edge off a life I couldn’t quite feel.

When I stopped, I braced for deprivation. Instead I felt like myself, for the first time in years — and realised I hadn’t needed to become anyone new at all.

Sobriety wasn’t the ending. It turned out to be the plot twist.
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The catalogue

The journal is only the first title.

  1. Out now

    The Becoming Journal

    Ninety days of soft prompts. Available on Amazon.

  2. Weekly

    The letters

    A short essay from me, most Sunday mornings.

  3. In progress

    The memoir

    The long-form version of everything I keep circling.

  4. Soon

    A small community

    A quiet room for women doing this alongside you.

One last thing

It all starts with one small yes.

Take the free guide, keep the journal by your bed, read the letters on Sundays. That’s the whole invitation. I’m so glad you’re here.

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