Been Sober For The Last Five Weeks. Here’s How That Is Going.
I’ve had mid-size to long-ish runs of sobriety before, probably with the longest one being 10–11 months, but my ultimate goal is to keep it up. I guess there’s a part of me that wants, at 50 (I’m currently 43), to go to a bar and have one beer and watch college football. I am not there yet. Right now, zero is the best play.
I have a very long and ratchet history with drinking, including day drinking by myself, and while I’ll spare you all the things I’ve written about drinking over time, this one kinda gives you a summary:
I wrote that during a stretch of sobriety last year that I think I eventually got to 90 days. I fell off a little bit, and then started drinking semi-consistently by July or August of 2023. This one feels different, but I just need to push it day-to-day.
How I Got Here
I won’t go back all the way, but I’ll go back a few weeks. Sometime in maybe mid-July, I went to a third birthday party. Drank some…
