Four hundred and fifty-one days ago I woke up in New Orleans hungover. We had been out the night before eating all the lux things and tying one on. My hangover wasn’t the worst I ever experienced but my clarity was gone and that fucking hurt. Before this trip I had been sober for nearly a year. I had just quit a job that didn’t appreciate me and I was in a relationship with someone who treated me like an option.. The perfect relapse recipe. That was it for me though. I wanted the clarity and the energy back. I could feel what I had lost with just a little drinking and I never wanted to feel that way again. So today we celebrate! I busted out my juicer, popped open some sparkling water kefir and toasted myself! If you are unfamiliar with water kefir allow me to introduce you to a highly nutritious and festive ingredient of my sobriety. It is full of probiotics, B1, B6 & B9. These are vitamins that most of us who have been drinking are missing out on. These vitamins make new cels (skin cels, blood cels, brain cels) and help the body convert food into energy. If you are going sober and attempting to recreate your life, you will need to be able to regenerate, physically, emotionally and spiritually. With the boost in energy you get from these oh so necessary vitamins it will be far less challenging. Kefir is a festive way to get these results. I get mine from Austin Kefir Microbrewery. It is what I take to parties now.. well, if there were still parties to go to. One day.

Day 250 (breakfast that is): Ha, I just realized that 200 days after I got sober I started this breakfast challenge! I love that! Anyway.. juiced apple, beet, carrot and ginger. Topped off with kefir and garnished with fresh pomegranate seeds (arils) and bloobs. It’s like a fizzy supernatural bubble tea and I am way into it!