Is today your day?
Good morning! June is my four-year anniversary of getting sober from alcohol. If you want to get on top of your drink/drug problem, you can do it!
How? Find the way that works for you. Some do cold turkey. Some go to rehab. Some turn to a religious path. Some go to Alcoholics Anonymous. Many combine more than one of these.
For me it was cold turkey after a morning of clear horror and shame, realizing the full weight of what I’d done to myself and people around me. I think of it as a moment of painful grace.
But “the right way” is the way that works for you, your temperament, and your circumstances.
Whatever that way is, I know you can do it. Good luck!
Congratulations! As the adult child of an alcoholic who’s been sober for 30+ years, I can tell you that it’s an amazing thing to watch someone get free of addiction. Keep it up and hears to you hitting that 30 year mark. 🌻
When I found out you were sober, I appreciated you even more, Josh. I drank 2 bottles of wine/box equivalent for decades (aka "Mommy Juice.) (I'm 58.) I struggled with the thought of quitting for years before I finally made my first attempt in 2018 with the 30 day Alcohol Experiment. Long story short, I have had many Day 1's, but I hit my 2 years of sobriety at some point last year. I am so relieved not to open my eyes and immediately be filled with depression, "hangxiety" and self-loathing. For what it's worth, and for anyone who is sober-curious in this comment section, this is an essay I go back and read on occasion about the first year of sobriety. I love her description of that first year: "it's like a yearlong gut-punch, but somehow, in the middle of it, you are beginning to smile." https://www.vogue.co.uk/arts-and-lifestyle/article/what-happens-when-you-give-up-drinking?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR2K21GASTo0rP8KN4cgj5QXyBdJRChKchekm-3gyMuBZ5FLR7TVFV8Q_Yg_aem_AU5IwwvgIe2Eb1ZL4WkLwLTG-K6hzIXP1r_BdRtKHsBo7MXgyrvyoWoYZiB1mou-QfwSGpuJ2JCt7uJ0dqd--vft