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As someone who also struggled with alcoholism, I wish I quit way sooner than I did.
This September will mark 6 years sober.
It's the longest I've ever been sober in my entire life.
I've lost a brother and highschool friend to it. You're doing great, man. Stay with it.
I've lost quite a few people to various addictions over the years. Only 1 to drinking.
Storytime if you're curious
That one still haunts me oftentimes (though not as much as it used to) about a decade later. They were my long-term boyfriend at the time and after our mutual long-term girlfriend passed away suddenly we both fell off the wagon hard.
I made it out the other side of the path of self destruction, they didn't.
And when they passed I fell even harder into alcoholism.
My wakeup call was when my doctor asked how many drinks I had per week and when I told him he had me go through the math right there for how I calculated it. It was over 300.
I was there because of some health issues that turned out to be liver problems.
I got sober a few months later.
Sobriety can be a real bitch to maintain at first but it gets easier the longer you're sober. Especially if you utilize the new found clarity of mind to address the causes of your addiction.
I'll never drink again.
Nice! I'm not even at a full year and I'm like, damn if I'd known the dry life would be so much better I would've never started drinking. Physically/mentally/emotionally/(sexually) everything has just got better. Even things like singing and dancing (which I could barely bring myself to do after a full night of boozing) are better sober.
That's still awesome progress. Congratulations.
Thank you
It wasn't easy but I'd recommend it to everyone for sure
This month marks 15 years sober for a friend of mine. Keep up the great work, you can do it.