Here I am again. Another day 1, feeling hungover and tired. I have been here so many times before over the past 3 years. I've made it long stretches without drinking only to give up on it once the going got tough or I got bored.
I always start my sober journey with a lot of resolution. I have said to myself so many times before, " I will never drink again. This is the last drink." But that resolution seems to fade pretty quickly with the passage of time and the complexities of life. Life is hard. Drinking is easy. Except when you realize that drinking actually makes life a lot harder in the long run, even when your brain wants to convince you otherwise. So this blog is for me and for you (who ever you are reading this). Maybe you have your struggles with booze. Maybe you know somebody who does. This blog is a reminder for us that YES life is fucking hard...but there other ways to deal with it than to escape through booze. I suppose a journey of 1000 miles starts with the first step. I may be shakey footed today, but nonetheless I am taking a step forward. I am so sick of making u-turns in my sobriety journey only come to the same realization, "Booze is bad for me." I know that if I continue to use booze as a crutch as I've done in the past, I will not reach my full potential as a person. I only have one life to live and I can't mess it up by being stuck in a the numbing stupor of booze. So in my full hungover state, I'll raise by glass of La Crioix to sobriety, tiny first steps, and the long, beautiful journey that lies ahead.
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