I made it to six months of sobriety, now what?

Sobriety has even outlasted some of my previous relationships.

Photo by Amy Shamblen on Unsplash

You’ve gone and done it now, sobriety; done what no physical relationship could do in the past. You gave me hope. Relentless hope that makes me feel like the person I want to be is actually within my grasp.

So what am I supposed to do now? Become a #bosslady, run a marathon, go vegan?

I mean, I might do some of those things but I never would have even attempted them when I was drinking. Alcohol dulled my senses, it made me believe that the person I was at that moment was all I could be. I didn’t care about the future when I wasn’t sober and I didn’t even believe I would ever make it this far. With sobriety, I pushed past my self imposed expiration date and the world is an open field of possibilities.

Six months is a lot of time. What have I learned?

The sober community builds stronger relationships

I made an Instagram account when I quit alcohol because I wanted a way to track how I felt and approached my newly sober world. If you had told me I’d become a part of this community that builds each other up, I would not have believed you. Come on, it’s Instagram- there is no way an app that validates such vapidness as a ‘selfie’ could be anything…