90 solid days
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90 solid days
Hi all
In pursuit of being very honest with myself and others I'm revising my sobriety date to 11/11/2016 which is 90 days ago today.
That day is important to me because something changed in me that has changed my sobriety profoundly.
On that date I had been chasing sobriety for almost 8 months. Many improvements had occurred and the final three months had been free of alcohol.
On Jan. 10 my mother in law returned from Sweden/Iceland and brought some local vodka type drinks to a party at our house for everyone to taste. I was feeling secure in my drinking control and joined in the tasting for about 30 seconds before being struck with a feeling that I cannot describe. At that moment I realized that I had kept these sorts of events as a possibility for my future life once I had proven I could abstain for a while... At the same time I was filled with a certainty that drinking anything alcoholic was no longer going to be on the table for me either in practice or even as a thought process. I tossed the rest of the shot glass down the sink and received a sense of peace in my soul that had not been present previously. I realized I'm giving nothing up, that there is no loss for me in sobriety. Sobriety for me became a precious gift that day and I haven't looked back.
My sobriety date reflects, for me, the day that my thinking changed. This is more important to me than the actual day months before that when I quit the act of drinking.
Happy Sunday all
Jonathan
In pursuit of being very honest with myself and others I'm revising my sobriety date to 11/11/2016 which is 90 days ago today.
That day is important to me because something changed in me that has changed my sobriety profoundly.
On that date I had been chasing sobriety for almost 8 months. Many improvements had occurred and the final three months had been free of alcohol.
On Jan. 10 my mother in law returned from Sweden/Iceland and brought some local vodka type drinks to a party at our house for everyone to taste. I was feeling secure in my drinking control and joined in the tasting for about 30 seconds before being struck with a feeling that I cannot describe. At that moment I realized that I had kept these sorts of events as a possibility for my future life once I had proven I could abstain for a while... At the same time I was filled with a certainty that drinking anything alcoholic was no longer going to be on the table for me either in practice or even as a thought process. I tossed the rest of the shot glass down the sink and received a sense of peace in my soul that had not been present previously. I realized I'm giving nothing up, that there is no loss for me in sobriety. Sobriety for me became a precious gift that day and I haven't looked back.
My sobriety date reflects, for me, the day that my thinking changed. This is more important to me than the actual day months before that when I quit the act of drinking.
Happy Sunday all
Jonathan
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Such a great post, Jonathan. How true - it is not a loss. (Even though I saw it that way before I quit.) It's the beginning of our precious freedom.
Congratulations on your 90 solid days - we're so proud of you.
Congratulations on your 90 solid days - we're so proud of you.
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