It’s a great year so far, I (33m) haven’t had a drink since New Years Eve, and I’ve never been sober for this long in my entire life. I’m calm, rational, focused and aware. My feelings are being felt (some days more than others), but I can see why I used to binge drink as much as I did. I now drink my weight in La Croix, and picked up a new habit of walking 3-4 times a week.

I was not a daily drinker (mostly weekends) and rarely drank alone, but when I did drink it got out of hand. It was nothing to me to down 8-10 drinks in an evening with friends, and then come home to try and drink more.

I’m in a dead bedroom marriage and also have had anxiety/panic attacks and mild depression most of my adult life. Combine those things and I have been unknowingly self medicating with alcohol. I’m taking a step in the direction of healing and gaining control of my mental health.