Well, it is about to be Christmas Eve. Last year at this very moment my addiction was peaking. I woke up on Christmas Eve from a multi-day bender in a withdrawal state. I hung my head low and realized I had intended to be sobered up by Christmas Eve so I would be functioning in time for family festivities. I went through pretty bad withdrawals and was drinking just to stave them off. It was one in a series of those mornings as I was beginning to realize the depths of my addiction, it was becoming at long last undeniable.
This year I will wake up sober, go to work, and meet up with the family for evening festivities. It's good to be sober this year.