Today I celebrate 6 months of sobriety. A life without alcohol was something I could barely comprehend only 1/2 year ago. I wasn’t holding a brown bag on the street corner (yet), but I was thinking about those glasses of wine earlier and earlier each day and they, not life, were becoming my reason for getting up in the morning.
What started as a muse to greater regenerating clever blather became a dependence. The funny tightwalk between levity and release gave over to a fall through a canyon of doom. There were hostages and legions of hurt people. The first were last and the last were made first.
I am so much less now than I was then, both in net worth and employment and pretty clothes and shoes… but again so much more. More available, more alive, happier than I can remember.
If you ever wonder whether your drinks or drugs or habits are a dependence rather than a treat, try giving them up for awhile and see what opens for you.
And if you ever wonder what becomes of a person who loses something in order to gain something else, you can come visit me. I’ll welcome you here and gladly show you around.
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Read this beautiful thing and thank god, or God, or goddess that there is such a lovely person on this planet…
I’m so proud of you, Honey. So proud!
followed the link back from Toddler Planet, and want to say Congratulations. I’m sure it’s not been an easy 6 months. Well done for every day of it!
Congratulations to you. I come from a family with alcoholism, as well as friends I’ve seen spiral down and me not be able to help. So…. never give up the fight!
I’m with Brian, honey. I’m proud too.
XO,
Ivy
I’m lurker here, but a fan of yours (and a mutual friend of dear Miss Ivy Brown), and I want to offer my congratulations and kudos on the work you’ve done in your first six months. I hope each day gets easier and better.
but are you really free of addiction redsy? what about all those milk duds stashed under the bed?
I couldn’t be happier or sadder all at once. I’m so proud of what you’ve accomplished and I’m so sad about Susan. You are both such fighters in your own way and that makes me love you both.
Six months, WOOT! I knew you could do it. You are awesome.
You said it so well.
I too am a person who has lost something to gain something else.
Congratulations my friend. I am so proud of you.
Congats to you. Not an easy feat. Great job!
Hello,
Your blog caught my eye, as we are looking for a writer for a book about this very topic. I would love to have a conversation with you about this possibility.
Best-
Amber (Conari Press)
Congratulations on your 6 months I just found your site and it is like reading my own story. I’ll have 7 months tomorrow, and like you, I have 6 year old twin daughters. Sometimes I call them Exhibit A. I look forward to reading more of your journey.
Just read this post today, and wanted to add my congrats!