I quit 2 months before turning 55. I have been in recovery for 3 1/2 years now. I drank from the age of 14 on.
I went to rehab when I was 48 and stayed sober about 6 months.
At the end I averaged a fifth of vodka a day.
It was die or surrender.
It took months before I felt healthy.
I was diagnosed with throat cancer last November and am in recovery from that. Anyone can get it but the odds are 75 to 85 percent higher for drinkers.
I thank my higher power for keeping me alive to get that and recover.
I would have died from alcoholism long before cancer.
Every day sober is a gift.