Originally Posted by
Surrendered19 
Three years ago today I put the bottle down forever. I still feel new at it. One of the reasons it still feels so new is that even three years in, I marvel at the calm and simplicity of a sober life.
Even after years of sobriety, there is still a newness about it. It's one of those things that is sometimes hard to wrap my mind around; "How can sobriety be so simple when it was so hard?" I've thought about this often, but not very deeply. Mostly, I spend more time just being grateful for it. I seem to be happier just being joyfully content. It's one of those things I tell myself that I don't need to understand. I don't know if this is the correct attitude. It just seems to work for me, and I'm reluctant to tamper with it.
Congratulations on three years, but a much bigger congratulations on finding a better life, which can't really be measured by counting days or years. I believe you are arriving at one of the best places of recovery.