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Seana Smith Author

@seanasmith.bsky.social
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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

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Seana Smith Author @seanasmith.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Free on Kindle! My quit lit memoir has a free promotion running to celebrate its second birthday. Happy Birthday Going Under. I love supporting others in their sobriety! www.amazon.com/Going-Under-...
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Seana Smith Author @seanasmith.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Any other pyjama writers here? #amwriting
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Seana Smith Author @seanasmith.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
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
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Seana Smith Author @seanasmith.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
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  
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Seana Smith Author @seanasmith.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Beautiful Fremantle and Perth. Just had a delightful few days there. Hooray for Western Australia!
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Seana Smith Author @seanasmith.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
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
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Seana Smith Author @seanasmith.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
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
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Seana Smith Author @seanasmith.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
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.
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Seana Smith Author @seanasmith.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
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
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Seana Smith Author @seanasmith.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
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 
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Seana Smith Author @seanasmith.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Thank you Kayley for this kind review!!
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Seana Smith Author @seanasmith.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
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 
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Seana Smith Author @seanasmith.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
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-...
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Seana Smith Author @seanasmith.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
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
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Seana Smith Author @seanasmith.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
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
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Seana Smith Author @seanasmith.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
Good reviews mean everything to a writer and I am so grateful to know that my memoir was read and understood by so many wise readers. Always grateful xxxxx #writing #writer #memoir #quit lit
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Seana Smith Author @seanasmith.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
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 
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Seana Smith Author @seanasmith.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
This review did make me cry. A writer could not ask for any more. #memoir #quitlit #amwriting #writer
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Seana Smith Author @seanasmith.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
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 
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Seana Smith Author @seanasmith.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
Hello Sunday Morning! Ready for the winter sea swimming races at Huskisson Beach. #swim #swimmer #sober
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Seana Smith Author @seanasmith.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
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
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Seana Smith Author @seanasmith.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
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.
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Seana Smith Author @seanasmith.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Winter in Australia. We mustn’t grumble, must we??!! Lovely swims at Huskisson Beach on Sunday.
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Seana Smith Author @seanasmith.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
And here’s a really yummy sparkling red. Delicious! Go the Australian alcohol free wines!
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Seana Smith Author @seanasmith.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
Sending a couple of alcohol free wine recommendations your way. This is an Australian fizzy - very celebratory!
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Seana Smith Author @seanasmith.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
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Seana Smith Author @seanasmith.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
Australian winter is like Scottish summer - but with less rain!!
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Seana Smith Author @seanasmith.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Sunrise eucalypt near Blenheim Beach. #newsouthwales #australia #writerwalks
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Seana Smith Author @seanasmith.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
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??
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Seana Smith Author @seanasmith.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Wide views make my mind soar! You too? Blue Mountains views! #australia #amwriting #inspiration
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Seana Smith Author @seanasmith.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
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!
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Seana Smith Author @seanasmith.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
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!!
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Seana Smith Author @seanasmith.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
If you find yourself in London, how about a swim at Parliament Hill Fields Lido. I swam on a blue sky sunny day but was glad of the poolside sauna as the pool was 12 degrees C. Yes, unheated. Porridge and coffee in the cafe are a post-swim must!! #swim #london #lido
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Seana Smith Author @seanasmith.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Hello from Molinseca in Spain. Tomorrow myself and friends start walking the final 200 km of the Camino Frances. And the alcohol-free beer is good! #sober #sobertravel #camino #writerwalks
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Seana Smith Author @seanasmith.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Fire in the sky sunrise.
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Seana Smith Author @seanasmith.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Also, unfeasibly thrilled to find a perfectly circular rock pool today at Orion Beach.
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Seana Smith Author @seanasmith.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Dolphins swimming slowly just off Nelson Beach. This move to Jervis Bay was a good idea!! #australia #writerswalk
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Seana Smith Author @seanasmith.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Here’s a serene sunrise for anyone who needs one.
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Seana Smith Author @seanasmith.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Hello Freshwater Pool. Flying visit to Sydney means morning swim on this grey, windy day.
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Seana Smith Author @seanasmith.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
I will always, always be grateful for the reviews that readers leave. Nowadays, I write reviews too, on Amazon and Goodreads, for all the books I read which move me. Are you a writer of reviews for books you enjoy? #memoir #quitlit #writing #writer #amwriting
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Seana Smith Author @seanasmith.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
Good morning! Who else woke up hangover-free this morning and was 100% grateful that they are living an alcohol free life??!! 😀😀😍
A blue sky background with white clouds and the words Hello Sydney Morning.
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Seana Smith Author @seanasmith.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Morning walks are all about noticing, attention, beauty. The smooth muscularity of this gum tree was today’s wow moment.
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Seana Smith Author @seanasmith.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
Thank you. That is all! #memoir #quitlit #amwriting #writer #writing
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Seana Smith Author @seanasmith.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Happy Birthday to me! I have had the privilege of 61 voyages around the sun and am lucky to be feeling robust and healthy. See photo for wrinkle report. I’m a lover of wrinkles, love the stories they tell. Why rail against aging when it is simply part of this life we all lead? Wisdom over youth!
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Seana Smith Author @seanasmith.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
Love reading reviews and remembering how uplifting they are, as I struggle with messy first drafts and then second, third and fourth drafts, then fifth and sixth and so on. It IS worth it all! #memoir #quitlit #writing #writer
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Seana Smith Author @seanasmith.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
Dogs running around on the beach are the definition of FUN!! Nelson Beach at Jervis Bay, Australia. Pop in any time!!
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Seana Smith Author @seanasmith.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Slow morning walk, glad for the summer rain here in Australia as watch a world alight.
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Seana Smith Author @seanasmith.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
So thrilled to be a guest on the fab Big 6-oh! Podcast. Find it here! open.spotify.com/episode/0Q1M...
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Seana Smith Author @seanasmith.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
Although my story is about alcohol and grey area drinking, it's also got many universal themes; family, grief, joy, childhood, dementia, love. Love above all. What are the topics that hook you in and keep you reading in a memoir? #memoir #quitlit #writing #amwriting #writer
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Seana Smith Author @seanasmith.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
Thank you, Amy! It is just heart-warming when readers leave such considered reviews. So very grateful xxxxxx #memoir #writing #writer #quitlit #amwriting
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