THE key to staying sober?
I don't think I have THAT but I have found one very important key (or maybe it found me) ...and it's one that I never would have considered important before, or ever considered even possible for me...
It's having a spiritual awakening.
And honestly that does not necessarily have anything to do with God or religion. It's about a Higher Power as I understand it. Period. It's about having a spiritual awakening of any kind as long as it's genuine, real to you and meaningful to you, that I think is so important and not surprisingly it's a core principal of AA and I can see why. A person who is in touch with their spirituality does not want to or need to drink or drug anymore and instead of running from what makes them so unique and special in this Universe, they can embrace it and understand it. It's my own personal spiritual awakening (the details of which are not important here though I would be glad to share them with anyone who asks) which has turned my sobriety into RECOVERY.