Posts Tagged ‘Sobriety’

On Being Sober for 1 Year

Shawn | January 5, 2008 in Journal | Comments (6)

Tags: Health, Journal, Lifestyle, Sobriety

It’s been a year now. As of January 1st, I haven’t drank a beer or done any elicit drugs for a whole year. It’s not like I was doing any mind altering drugs on a regular basis in the year or two that lead up to that day really, the booze was the real problem.

I decided that I needed to quit, and that I would. The story isn’t a sad, cautionary tale of woe. No “hitting rock bottom”, no “pink elephants” or bugs under my skin, no car crashes. No meetings, no clinics, no prayers to any gods. Just some self-actualizing and serious introspection. I know, pretty boring huh?

I wrote this on my myspace blog on April 8th this past year, I think it sums things up pretty well: (more…)