Greetings fellow sobriety seekers and welcome to my blog about the wild, wacky world of sobriety! Strap yourselves in and grab some sparkling water, because we’re about to embark on a journey that’s part comedy, part chaos, and all about staying upright without a drink in hand. How did I get here? Not entirely sure. But I AM here…and I need to NOT be here. Let’s start to unpack this shall we?

My life has been controlled by alcohol and I need to turn this ship around. So many things have brought me to this point. The point where this thing has its claws in me and won’t let me go. And I’m done with it. I’m committed to making a change. Now I will be the first to admit that this isn’t the first time I’ve said “I am not drinking again!’ If you’re like me, you’ve said it pretty much every time you wake up the morning after a night of drinking. For me, wine is my poison of choice. White wine specifically. That’s it. No beer, no hard liquor. Red wine? No thank you. I’m not the least tempted by any of these other drinks but I am reduced to a helpless puddle when it comes to white wine. Weird huh?

I’ve learned that sadly I can never be a moderate drinker. Oh how I wish I could! I would LOVE to have the sweet taste pass through me and feel the immediate hypnotic soothing blanket of warmth that comes with it. If I was ‘normal’, I would be able to enjoy that feeling with 1 or 2 glasses of wine and then that’s it. But I cannot. 1 always leads to 2. And then 2 to 3. And then my resolve is completely melted and the floodgates open for 4 and 5 and 6 and before you know it, I am completely underwater.

I don’t know if anyone is actually going to read this blog but I do know that just writing these words and putting it all out into the universe is therapeutic for me. I’d love to connect with the online sobriety-seeking community so please comment below just to let me know you’re out there! We can do this crazy thing together!