Seana Smith Author
@seanasmith
Travel. Writing. Reading. Scottish-Australian. Mother of four, author of more. Latest book is 'Going Under, a memoir of family secrets, addiction and escape.' www.seanasmith.com
A little tribute to my closest beach! Jervis Bay on the NSW coast is a fab place to visit - even better to live here! #australia #beach #snorkelling
Painful memories of drinking. Relief and gratitude for this sober life!! You too?? #soberliving #soberaf #sobercurious #alcoholfreelife #soberfun #sobernation #soberjourney #sobersisters #sobrietyforwomen #emotionalsobriety #sobrietyrules #aflife
Beautiful Fremantle and Perth. Just had a delightful few days there. Hooray for Western Australia!
Moderation is torture!! Those of us who cannot moderate are SO Much better of just stopping drinking forever. Most of my friends are able to just have a glass or two... but I needed to accept deeply that I could not. Relief!! #sober #soberwriter #amwriting #amwritingmemoir #memoir #quitlit
Do you have all sorts of ways to try to keep your drinking under control?? Trust me, it's easier just to STOP!!! #sobercurious #sobriety #alcoholic #soberlife #sobriety #quitlit #memoirofchildhood
Why I drank. These are extracts from my quit lit memoir. These are the reasons I THOUGHT Idrank. In fact, I was simply addicted to alcohol. It's very addictive!! The joy of letting all that go! #sobersisters #sobrietyforwomen #emotionalsobriety #sobrietyrules #aflife #adultchild.
Being an adult child of an alcoholic had a huge effect on me. Glad I can remember the good childhood memories, after liberating myself from the bad ones. #adultchild. #adultchildrenofalcoholics #adultchildren #sober #quitlit
Struggling with alcohol is like wrestling a thousand snakes. I read the words from my memoir and want to weep for the trapped soul that I was. Stopping has been transformational! #sobriety #alcoholfree #sobermom #sobrietyrocks #sobercommunity #sobertribe #soberwarrior
Why mothers drink! It's for that shot of instant relax. But it always comes back to punish you, bite you, harm you. Fighting against the illusion of 'mummy wine culture' is crucial!! #soberliving #soberaf #sobercurious #alcoholfreelife #soberfun #sobernation #soberjourney #sobersisters
Creative joy of the non-writing kind. Loved making a silver ring in a three hour workshop in beautiful Berry, New South Wales. Pix and article on my website at: seanasmith.com/silver-ring-...
An interview on the wonderful ABC radip show Conversations with Sarah Kanowsi was a privilege, and one that lasts through time too. Whilst I love to chat, interviews about 'Going Under' are always emotionally exhausting. #writer #writing #amwriting #quitlit
The horrors of hangovers and of all that self-abuse. I do not miss it! When I re-read my own words, I shudder. #sobermemoir #quitlit #soberwriter #amwriting #amwritingmemoir #memoir #memoirwriting. #memoirs #memoirs_of_childhood
Drinking is always emotionally complex for those of us who grey up in an alcoholic home. The guilt! The awareness of what it can do! The pain of our own addiction. The shame of it. The only way out is to stop. #sobriety #alcoholfree #sobermom #quitlit #sobercommunity #sobertribe #soberwarrior
This review did make me cry. A writer could not ask for any more. #memoir #quitlit #amwriting #writer
This is how it felt. The daily start to the physical cravings for alcohol. There's only one way out of that nightmare. Sobriety! And it works, so, so well. #sobernation #sobermom #drugaddiction #sobercommunity #recoveryjourney #addictiontreatment #alcoholic #drugfree #alcoholfreelife #healing
It’s quit lit not quick lit! Silly captions. I first saw the cover of my memoir one year ago. Still love it!! #sober #quitlit #adultchild
Winter in Sydney is all right. This is Fairy Bower pool at Manly. Glorious!! We did have a massive storm bom earlier in the week. Two days of pelting rain and howling wind. But the sun has returned now.
Winter in Australia. We mustn’t grumble, must we??!! Lovely swims at Huskisson Beach on Sunday.
And here’s a really yummy sparkling red. Delicious! Go the Australian alcohol free wines!
Sending a couple of alcohol free wine recommendations your way. This is an Australian fizzy - very celebratory!
Australian winter is like Scottish summer - but with less rain!!
Sunrise eucalypt near Blenheim Beach. #newsouthwales #australia #writerwalks
If you are interested in fun facts and trivia about Australia, I wrote a book for you!! Doing some experimenting selling books more directly, rather than via Amazon. How does this look??? books.by/seana-smith-... Do you think people will be put off because they have to pay postage??
Wide views make my mind soar! You too? Blue Mountains views! #australia #amwriting #inspiration
Just a little video of one of the loveliest ocean pools on the NSW coast. Take a bow Shellharbour! Good to be home in Australia!
More shots from the Camino Frances, cheers for another nice AF beer. Mostly drinking agua con gas though. My Aussie friends and I are walking the last 200 km of this Camino, averaging about 20 km a day. Lovely!!