🌅 Personal Share: #Sobriety—The Unmerited #Gift

For a long time, I couldn’t make it 24 hours.

My 11 years of #recovery haven’t been a straight line. I’ve relapsed after 3 years, after 1 year… I’ve had stretches where I felt completely hopeless—fighting both #addiction and clinical #depression.

➡️If you’re struggling this #holiday season, please don’t wait.
You are not alone.

📞 988 is the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline ( #Veterans, press 1)
🏳️‍🌈 #LGBTQ+ youth: Call The Trevor Project at 1-866-488-7386

Next week I'll be 7 years sober.

Some thoughts on that journey.

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#Sobriety #Alcohol #Addiction #Writing #Reading #Scotland #WritingCommunity

Next week I'll be 7 years sober.

Some thoughts on that journey.

(Full text in the comments)

#Sobriety #Alcohol #Addiction #Writing #Reading #Scotland #WritingCommunity

I forgot to mention the other day that I celebrated 38 years of continuous #sobriety. 🥇

11 years sober today. Full of gratitude💟

🗣️I used to think my problem was a character flaw—that I was weak.
Then I broke the denial and learned: alcoholism is a progressive disease, not a moral failure.

✨Recovery networks, including the medical community, helped me learn how to live sober—one day at a time.

➡️ If I can do it, so can you.

📲If you’re struggling, you’re not alone. Dial 988.

#sober #recovery #addiction #hope #MentalHealth #odaat #newday #sobriety #boston #northshorema

Today marks exactly five years sober for me. I quit when I was a microbrewery beer enthusiast and a so-called moderate drinker. Sometimes I overdid it, especially when I could pour a pint of fresh IPA from the brewery's taps. In total, I managed to review about 5,000 different craft beers to Untappd and whatnot.

Life didn't magically improve overnight after I quit, but reflux and stomach problems disappeared completely, and my migraines and panic attacks became less frequent. I feel better now than I did back then.

I think I'm going to keep it this way.

#Alcohol #Sobriety #Sober