Originally Posted by
hb3 
One feels much more freedom in life not feeling like he's less of a person by being limited in ways others aren't.
When I first quit drinking, I felt like I was giving something up... "limiting" myself, as you said. I had no idea how wrong my thinking was.
I have not had a drink for 2 years, and let me tell you... life has opened itself up to me in so many wonderful ways that I could never have imagined before.
I realize that now I am experiencing what true freedom is...
and I see how blind I was to how my drinking was actually holding my life hostage... and although I was the one that bound myself in those chains, I was also the one that held the key to free myself.