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My Reasons For Going Sober Weren’t Big
They were a bunch of little things that I now have as a mantra.
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about why I want to be sober. Without a good reason, I feel like it won’t be clear to me that I need to stay away from alcohol. If you read one of my earlier stories, I had an epiphany about my role in my pet’s lives and how I needed to be more present with them.
Now that I think about it more deeply, it’s not my biggest reason for quitting but it definitely was the catalyst. Seeing one of my animals hurt and me being too drunk to be able to take them anywhere made me realize that if something were to happen, I wouldn’t be able to give them the amount of love and care that I needed to. Knowing that I just got lucky where my pet’s wound wasn’t as bad as I thought, really brought out the spark that I needed to go sober.
It was definitely a reason for me to quit drinking and it’s a reason that I remind myself of all the time but is it my big reason? I’ve found myself consumed by the idea of a “big” reason for quitting and it seems like everyone I read about had a big…
