7 years, no Celebration!
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7 years, no Celebration!
Actually, every day sober is a celebration for me now, even after seven years. What I was referring to was a beer called Celebration Ale. It comes out for the holidays every year. There are many seasonal beers like it, thick and extra strong but Celebration was my favorite. I would endure fierce pretty much daily hangovers from early November to early January from this beer. Then in 2011 I decided that I just could not face another round of it, I was done. Of course there were many other good reasons to "put the plug in the jug" but this was one of the main triggers.
I thought of it today because I was cruising through the beer aisle with my 12 year old daughter (who has no memory of me as a drinker) and I saw that the 2018 version was out and it reminded me that I had passed my seven year anniversary. I picked one up and was reading the fine print (at 6.8% alcohol it's not as strong as I remember) when a friend stopped and said "I haven't seen you with a beer in your hand in years!" That made me feel pretty good.
Time flies when you're living a full and sober life. I didn't want a sample of the 2018 Celebration. I can still remember the morning after but I don't obsess on it anymore. I'm just onto the next phase of my life, drug and alcohol free. It was pretty hard and sometimes miserable in the beginning but it's turned out very well for me.
Happy Holidays everyone!
I thought of it today because I was cruising through the beer aisle with my 12 year old daughter (who has no memory of me as a drinker) and I saw that the 2018 version was out and it reminded me that I had passed my seven year anniversary. I picked one up and was reading the fine print (at 6.8% alcohol it's not as strong as I remember) when a friend stopped and said "I haven't seen you with a beer in your hand in years!" That made me feel pretty good.
Time flies when you're living a full and sober life. I didn't want a sample of the 2018 Celebration. I can still remember the morning after but I don't obsess on it anymore. I'm just onto the next phase of my life, drug and alcohol free. It was pretty hard and sometimes miserable in the beginning but it's turned out very well for me.
Happy Holidays everyone!
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Awesome, Gaffo! Another 7 year sobriety celebrant here, so I know what you are talking about, on to the next phase of life, free from addiction to drugs and alcohol. There's just too much to do, huh? Onward!
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Congrats on 7 years!
Your story was like a flashback for me. My watering hole was a place called the Celebration Tavern, and they had their own version of Celebration Ale. Reading your words immediately took me back two years ago, to that damn place. All the lonely nights I thought were fun, all the hangovers from those "fun" beers. Man, am I glad that's done. And I'm glad to have that reaction to those thoughts.
Anyway...congrats again. You're very inspiring.
Your story was like a flashback for me. My watering hole was a place called the Celebration Tavern, and they had their own version of Celebration Ale. Reading your words immediately took me back two years ago, to that damn place. All the lonely nights I thought were fun, all the hangovers from those "fun" beers. Man, am I glad that's done. And I'm glad to have that reaction to those thoughts.
Anyway...congrats again. You're very inspiring.
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