“I chose sober because I wanted a better life. I stay sober because I got one.” ~Anonymous Seven years ago, I never thought I would be able to say that I have been six years sober!
I didn’t think I was physically addicted. I never got the shakes, never morning drank, never drank daily unless on vacation, never got a DUI (even though that was lucky), and never lost a job or a relationship because of drinking.
I was, however, incredibly emotionally and mentally addicted. I am fifty-six years old and started drinking in high school. Except when pregnant, I drank 90% of all weekends from the ages of seventeen to fifty.
I never did anything socially without drinking. If I couldn’t drink, I just didn’t go. If I had to go, I got out as soon as I could.