6 whole years sober todayš
2 years cigarette freeš
Today is my day. The day I honestly feel is more important than my birthday. The day I decided to change and become the woman I knew I was meant to be. The day I realized I was better than the alcohol and drugs.
There are so many people who have been here to help and encourage me along the way. I honestly couldnāt have gotten to this point without everyone believing in me.
6 years is such a huge thing to me. I am so proud of myself. There have been so many obstacles that could have made me drink but I didnāt. I stayed strong.
My girls know I am sober but they donāt remember a time when it wasnāt. Which to me is an amazing thing because I was so worried for so long that I messed them up. My 12 year old just asked me this week why I celebrate sobriety when she doesnāt remember me ever drinking. Then she realized Iāve been sober for half of her life. Half of my daughters life I was horrible and the other half Iāve been working on being my best.
Most of the people in my life donāt know that person I was.
Getting sober and moving made life better.
I honestly donāt know if I could have continued my sobriety in my hometown with all my bars and drinking people. Here I donāt have that. We have restaurants that serve mocktails. Dry bars. Where we can go hangout and have sparkling cider or NA beers. If you want to. I find it so much easier to remain sober in the city than in my small town.
Anyway I want to thank everyone who has stayed by my side while I did this journey.
I love you allā¤ļø