Trekking with my best friend (photo creds) in beautiful New Zealand.

I stopped drinking alcohol over 6 months ago and this is what happened.

I haven’t had a drop of alcohol in over six months now.

Since I started drinking at the age of 18, I can’t remember the last time I went over a week without drinking. College normalized this and then working full-time (especially in marketing and sales) supported this behavior continuing.

Drinking became such an…