I just celebrated 5 years sober and I wanted to tell all y'all that I believe in you and I mean it. I'm 34 years old and I haven't had the shakes, scrounged for change to buy a pint at 6am, or worried which liquor store employees in town "knew" in 5 WHOLE YEARS.

My biggest take away from this journey is that the ONLY right way to get sober is to do whatever the fuck works for YOU. If it keeps you away from your DOC then keep doing it! Eat the candy, smoke the cigarette, drink the soda, hell I took shots of apple cider vinegar for months to curb the cravings for vodka. It burns similar and really calmed my brain down.

Do not EVER let someone else tell you you're not sober because your journey doesn't look like theirs. If your life no longer revolves around your addiction, if you're in control again and no longer use whatever it was that was ruining your life, well that sounds pretty sober to me 💕 you'll come across plenty of people who say things like consuming prescribed medication, cigarettes, weed, NA beer, heck even caffeine means you're not sober but it is 100% up to YOU to decide what sobriety means. (NA booze is a hot subject. I personally didn't try it until I was over a year sober and now I enjoy an NA beer occasionally but I would NEVER touch NA vodka. For some people it is an instant trigger, for others it's totally fine. Its okay to never try it if you never feel comfortable 💕)

Along the same lines please don't let someone else tell you if you are or aren't a "real" alcoholic. FFS people actually try to do that and it's just wild to me. I was drinking 1,125ml of vodka a day and still got questioned if I "actually had a problem". No dude I just love being hospitalized with withdrawals 😘

Honorable mention to WeAgnostics and Agnostic AA in general. I only went for like 6 months before the pandemic hit but they were swell!

Feel free to ask me questions, I'm an open book! Don't feel free to argue with me, I'm clear headed and feeling pretty confident today 🤠