Lisa's Sober Blog: What Sobriety Means For Me Today

Welcome! This is a pleasure coming here to write. I'm always glad to do it. Sometimes life gets busy. I'm doing other things but only because I can! That's because my mind and body are healing every day.

I have been sober for more than a thousand days. This I know. Today, I am happy. That is a far cry from what I was when I first quit drinking. I was miserable, sick and unhappy.

Today sobriety is important to me. I enjoy making decisions. I like to follow through on my plans. I make goals and move toward them. If I don't like something, then I do what I can to accept it or change it. I can always do something.

Sobriety means knowing what I did yesterday. It means not waking up with a hangover. It means not needing to drink today. I am free to write or have a sale or dance around to loud electronic dance music. I can take a nap if I want or I can watch television. I am unhindered by the distraction of the drink.

I can think things out for myself and decide what I'm going to do next. This is different than when I was a practicing alcoholic because what did I do back then? You bet, I was hustling to get more drinks. Even when I had my sober times, I was usually planning how I could get away and go drinking. As soon as a little trouble brewed up, I'd depart and go "partying", all it was about is the drink. I liked the people that I would end up talking to all day at the pub or at a party or at a club. I used to enjoy clubbing and pub hopping.

I have a home, family and friends. Today, I like being alone, too. I like being around others. I like to phone my Dad on Sundays. I could never be a consistent friend, sister, wife or daughter before. Now I'm pretty easy to guess at. Question: I wonder what Lisa is doing today? Answer: Probably working on something... writing. Winner!

I would not have anything that I have if I hadn't quit drinking. I'm sure I was at death's door; As close to deaths door as I'd like to be under those circumstances!

Thanks for joining me to read this and I hope to write again for you real soon.