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National Sober Day
Happy National Sober Day!
I celebrate today because I am 3 ½ years sober.
I am a Certified Professional Life and Recovery Coach, and a Certified Facilitator of Addiction Awareness.
I wasn’t always so enthusiastic about ditching the drink.
Believe me, sober was the last resort for me.
I tried everything I could to keep drinking.
I successfully completed 3 years worth of sober challenges.
I participated in Dry January, Sober October, Dry July, and more.
All of these experiments were to prove that I could keep alcohol in my life.
Afterall, if I COULD quit drinking, then I didn’t really HAVE to quit drinking.
Time and time again, I had a long term failure to moderate.
At the time I thought moderation was my biggest life goal.
Now that seems too small for me.
Why would I want to live by a set of rules.
Why would I want to abstain and never get as much as I really want?
Being sober has been the best surprise of my life.
Getting sober was the gateway to living my best life.
