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Three gifts that sobriety has given me over the past three years
July marked my three years of sobriety.
I should clarify that sobriety (for me) is no alcohol, as everyone’s idea of sobriety is different. Alcohol, to me, is the most toxic substance, along with sugar you can consume, and both, of course legal.
My sugar consumption is not on the chopping block but one substance at a time.
When I decided to quit drinking three years ago, it was not the first time. I knew that my body did not do well with alcohol, and I noticed I drank for the wrong reasons, as well as I have always had the worst hangovers, thinking it was normal.
Instead, like most of our bodies, my body is not equipped to handle alcohol.
So one day during quarantine, after I drank a bottle of wine the night before, out of boredom, and anxiety, I woke up with the worst hangover and decided I would never touch alcohol again. That was it.
Easy right, ok that was not it. I listened to so many sober books, podcasts, and youtube videos. The first million times I tried sobriety, I lost most of my drinking friends, plus this time I was abroad.
I thought maybe it would be easier. However, it was easier because before quarantine, I was nine months sober, and then I…
