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A Surprising Lesson Learned in 4 Years of Sobriety
Life reflections on my longest stint without alcohol
Another year has come and gone. Today marks 4 years without substances in my life and each January I reflect on just how much better my life is without alcohol. I believe you are reborn when you cut the addictive substances from your life that ravish your well-being.
It’s also why they celebrate sober birthdays in Alcoholics Anonymous. We are reborn into a new life, one with freedom from addiction. Each year is a testament to how far you have come.
I have never been sober this long since I started drinking at the tender age of 16. It is said, and I believe to be true, that alcohol stunts your growth. If you drank and used drugs consistently for years, you are likely not to grow up emotionally.
I was stuck being that 16-year-old girl for many years. Immaturity and addiction led to a lot of bad decisions and poor choices. I was fairly young and just starting my serious drinking career when I had my two daughters at 26 and 28. I was not in the right frame of mind to have children but for some reason, I felt my clock ticking, like my meter was running out.
While of course, now I wouldn’t change a thing because I wouldn’t have my amazing husband and two incredible adult…