First week is tough Purp and you know you can get further than that, so have faith in yourself and in those who believe in you. The fact you keep coming here, the fact you keep stopping drinking all adds up to your brain getting stronger and fitter and more determined. It will stick Purp, you will get your gift of sobriety. You just need to stop telling yourself that you will lose something if you stop drinking completely. It’s a lie that AV tells us in the early days, and we believe it. But truthfully, you can only gain with sobriety money, health, freedom, emotional growth. The lust is endless. Alcohol is a poison that alters the chemicals in our brain. That is not something we should be thinking of as enjoyment.
Badge, don’t you dare be intimidated by the Overs! We are just a bunch of sober geezers who ramble on inanely about the aging process! (Currently hearing aids and IT seem to be major topics! Seriously, the fact is the first year of sobriety is about fighting the war against AV. It throws everything at you, often right at the 12 month mark, as if it knows once you are past that you’re a lost cause to drunkenness. After 12 months, yes we get AV moments but they certainly lessen in strength and frequency. But long term sobriety brings its own issues, and that is why the Overs came about. It’s a way for those living with sobriety as a way of life are learning to relive that life, learning to live with past choices. Learning to accept the things they cannot change and use the opportunity we have been given, to change the things we can. It’s about beginning to realise those dreams, and also about the ‘Meh’ feeling of ‘is that it?’ We feel when the battle for sobriety feels won, but sober life goes on. It is also about hearing aids and IT! And every time an Under becomes an Over, an angel gets its wings. Or a fairy. Or something? There’s a big cheer anyway, and you have to learn a new dance.
