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I Choose Life, This hour, This minute, This day

I Choose Life, This hour, This minute, This day

The sunrise was beautiful this morning. The air was crisp and fresh.

In the moment that I was walking, in the hour, on this day, I realized again that the choice I made just two and a half years ago, the choice to put down the wine glass, to think for myself, to fight for my life…

That choice changed everything.

Everything is different in my world now.

Every single day as I reach…

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Staring it Right in the Eyes

“Do not be afraid. Fear is an illusion. You are real.”

I look away when things are scary.

When I’m filled with fear, I try to control other things because I feel like I can’t handle it. I get light-headed, nauseous, sweaty, panicked. There is a ringing in my ears. Sometimes when it’s not as bad, I just procrastinate instead. I do laundry, shop online, watch endless TV, virtually plan or organize. Like an animal with a defense mechanism of…

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Nothing tastes better than sober...

Nothing tastes better than sober…

“Nothing tastes better than sober…”

Those are the words I heard when I woke up this morning

I had an odd experience on Saturday night. I was out at a club after a pretty stressful chain of events, an acquaintance turned to me and said,

“Man today has been full on. Seriously. I need a drink.”

Then as if realizing she had made an…

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There is no Truth

There is no Truth

When I was drunk, and in my early years of sobriety, I believed wholeheartedly in ‘the truth’.

Now, I’m not so sure.

The problem with the word ‘truth’ is that there are as many truths as there are people, because truth, to my mind, is a matter of perspective.

I now prefer to deal with fact as opposed to opinion.

Learning how to be a sober person has been one of the most challenging…

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