Hi, my names Michael. I’m an alcoholic.

This post is for those at a young age still wondering about sobriety.

I’m 30 years old and this is my first try at getting sober. Things have been going well, I get a ton of support from my AA group and family. My higher power has taken away the obsession over alcohol, all I have to do is keep an open mind and not drink. I feel inspired to post this today because of yesterday and this mornings meetings.

This reflection starts with a young man in the AA meeting yesterday morning. The kid was obviously nervous, this was his first AA meeting. He used drugs more than alcohol, if I were to guess he was 21 years old. He was 2 weeks in recovery and just got out of treatment or detox... I forget. A few people when they spoke brought up the opportunity this kid was given to get help early in life. That they wish they got sober at his age. My sponsor urged me to go up to him gave him my number and gave him a few words of what has helped me stay sober for 2 months.

Today was about what have we missed out on being sober. We all had the same mentality, ideally alcohol is fun. With us though things weren’t a pretty sight. We were sloppy, mean, reckless, selfish ect... it was never a pretty sight with us. So all of my non AA friends (which is just our big disc golf community) go out to bars, small get togethers and disc golf events. I have to miss out on this year’s Super Bowl party, I miss out on the disc golf league that started on Sunday I miss out at times at the bar getting good eats and socializing. Well yeah, but I missed out on last year’s super bowl party because I just wanted to get plastered in the comfort of my own house... same with the disc golf league. I didn’t go out cause I just wanted to get smashed. in time I will be comfortable to do those things once I have a good amount of sobriety under my belt. (Prolly not the bar though... fuck the bar)

The point of this post is that yes I am missing out on some stuff right now. In the future though I will be able to do these things again, sober. I’ll be able to do these things and have a better time doing them. Sobriety is on the top of my priority list right now, and my friends support it. My friends are going to have fun without me. it’s okay if i take some time to work on myself. I think back on my 20s and I accomplished nothing! I don’t want to wake up 40 and still with nothing to show.

If you think you have a problem, but you’re too young to get sober and your going to miss out... you won’t. Your going to miss the opportunity of growing up and becoming an adult if you drink your life away. I’m 30 years old and just started growing up 63 days ago.