Category: Milestones

  • Road Signs on My Sober Journey

    Road Signs on My Sober Journey

    Inside me is a scared girl that is learning she is brave and bold and can stand up. The work can be ugly, hard and painful but no matter how tired she gets she has to keep going.

  • Counting 1,000 Days Sober

    Counting 1,000 Days Sober

    You may be reading this and wondering how to put together a couple of days sober. 1000 days with no alcohol is difficult to envision. It was for me in the beginning. I counted every sober day….

  • 18 Months Sober: Fulfilling the Promise of Hope

    18 Months Sober: Fulfilling the Promise of Hope

    My sponsor sent me a picture yesterday of someone opening a wine bottle in the hatchback of their SUV at 11 o’clock in the morning.  She commented she was glad that was not her anymore.  I agreed but said I would’ve at least waited until I got inside the car.  Which was kind of dark…

  • How I Did 5 years Alcohol-Free

    How I Did 5 years Alcohol-Free

    I’ve avoided all booze since 2014. That’s 5 years alcohol-free. But the first thing to say is there is no -5 years- That number is just an abstract idea. There is only yesterday (when I didn’t drink, hooray) and today (when I’m not going to drink whatever happens.)  This way of thinking has worked out…

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