Neo
Your post got me thinking about the holistic value of sobriety. It's gradually dawned on me that the strength of giving up drinking is not only in the feelgood factor or the number of days you've been sober, but that the minute you stop, it establishes an axis for change in which all the windows of your life suddenly open and fresh air comes rushing in. It's been something of a revelation to me how many positive things have happened to me in the short time I've been sober. New events, new friends, new thoughts... a new, positive commitment to a healthy spirit ... the other side of the half-life of alcoholism. Yes, sobriety makes us strong, it makes our lives strong.