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Black Bear January Prompt: What Did You Learn in 2024?
Tell me a story of something you went through in 2024
Wow, 2025 already! Time goes so fast when you get older. 25 years ago, I met my husband-to-be and have learned so much through our relationship through the 2000s.
I believe that this year has been our best yet, as we have truly came to understand each other fully, and I have sobriety to thank for that.
I’ve been going through something with a dear friend of mine who can’t seem to stay sober. I met her at the beginning of my sobriety in 2021, she had some years under her belt, but about 2 years into my sobriety, she started relapsing. Each time it gets worse, and I often wonder what has to happen for her to want to quit for good.
I plan on writing about this topic for my prompt answer this month so I won’t go into it but I know what I have been learning from it. It’s been on my mind a lot, especially since she missed our amazing sober hike in the dark — something a little scary but exhilarating to hike by moonlight.
But, no matter how hard you try, you can’t make anyone get sober. I know that, because I lived it, but I still wanted to try and make her quit. I want her to feel how I feel about sobriety now. Toward the end of 2024, it got really bad and I had to…