It Doesn't Take Long
Only five days sober so far, and in spite of making it this far (and beyond) before - I am always amazed at how quickly I feel like a new person. I am sitting here early this morning pretty sure I fractured my heel yesterday, and I am so damn grateful I'm not hungover, and that I didn't bring this upon myself with some drunken idiocy. Just waiting for office hours at doc or urgent care to hopefully get a course of action.
But the most amazing thing about my sober self is I am not feeling sorry for myself, and not getting all freaked out about how I will get things done for the holidays and at work. Part of this is because of lessons I managed to retain from my previous sober periods, but a large part is because I have the gift of 5 extra hours every day that I am not drinking and 3 that I'm not hungover. So if I have to walk slowly on crutches, or stay off my feet awhile during the day, I should still have plenty of time to figure out how to get everything done.