Addiction and alcohol – Alcohol addiction. No one wants those words strung together to describe their family routine. But it did describe mine. I’ve come to recognize that yes, there is life outside of the bottle.
Once you say to yourself, “I am sick and tired of being sick and tired”, the freedom of sobriety is right around the corner. To think about drinking all of the time – the “Decision Fatigue”- it’s exhausting. I think this may be the obsessiveness that just tires you out, and to feel better, you need it removed from your life. I think that AA calls this emotion surrendering.
I also have a saying. “Protect Your Quit”. I think of my “Quit” is a younger, more youthful and innocent version of “me”.
I want to be sober to honor her.
I want to be sober to be a role model for my daughters.
I want to be sober so that my grandchildren remember me as a fun, enthusiastic Grandma… and this honors the younger version of me at the same time.
I know that one sip will transform and shift to one glass… to one bottle… to one night… to one weekend…. to one month…. to this summer…. and every time I fail, I hurt the real me that wants to be free of this vicious cycle. And it’s my choice whether to take that one sip.
Today, I will not drink. I will Protect My Quit.
It is scary to think of a world without booze, but be bold and believe: It DOES exist!
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