I created new habits

My life has changed.   Not beyond recognition, but it has changed.  I don’t spend my evenings in the pub or lost in a bottle of wine.  I have this thing called time, and would you believe, energy.  I get to choose what I do with them now.  My days would end in a haze, watching films or tv programmes that I would never remember.  Now, they don’t do that.  I can read a book, call a friend, go for a walk.  I can hang out with my children, no longer in a hurry for them to go do something else so that I could drink in peace.   When I got sober, I began to play games, do jigsaws, read to them and with them.  I remember the conversations we had (not always, but mostly).  In the beginning, I would meet friends for coffee or brunch.  I would walk in the door after work and make a cup of tea.  Put something else in my hand, sip something else.  Weekends have a full 48 hours, and I get to choose how I spend them.  I can drive at anytime of day without wondering whether I should.  Sobriety has brought choices, my choices.

I look after myself physically, intellectually and emotionally, my three pillars.