Member-only story
I Started Drinking Again After 2 Years Of Sobriety
After over 2 years of cutting alcohol out of my life, I decided to drink again because my relationship with alcohol and viewpoints around the substance have changed.
To start, I want to say that everyone’s journey with alcohol is different regardless of identifying there is a problem or not. My views are very dissimilar to many others, but far more popular than many would imagine. Why do we not hear those opinions though?
Society believes that there is a black and white answer for boozy issues. Abstinence. Period.
My life is far from over, so my journey may have unanticipated turns. Either way, let this just be an additional story in the plethora of resources on the internet.
Becoming Alcohol-Free
In October of 2019, I experienced a hangover no more or less horrible than usual, but I had had enough. I reached out to a sober friend and asked, “What helped you stop drinking?” and there started the change of my relationship with drinking.
After hours of podcasts, alcohol-free literature reading (ex. Sober Curious and Quit Like a Woman) and conversations with other sober humans, my mentality around booze began to shift. To be clear, though, it was not easy to suddenly quit something that was so engrained in my lifestyle.
