For most of my life, I have been living as a means to an end. I always feel like I am "getting through" some time in my life to get to the next phase. It is truly an awful perspective when I think about it because I have been blessed with so much that I never took the time to savor. I never truly lived moment by moment, in the moment. It has always been about achieving a goal and moving to the next. Then, I would drink away all of my anxiety about the way I lived or used drinking alcohol as a way to "pass the time" until the next phase. Such a stupid way to live!
So the blessing of my sobriety has been that in order to quit drinking, I had to live in the moment. I had to stay in the present. The gift of my sobriety has been really living in "the now" and miraculously, I feel like I have more time than ever, but I also treasure and value my time so much more. Good idea for a thread, thanks!!