I'm doing 27 things
This almost comes as a surprise to me, but I did it. I really did spend an entire year sober. More than a year, because it’s the end of the 17th now, and my anniversary was some unspecified time on the 15th. (I think my last drink was actually in the early hours of the 14th, but I declared in the middle of the hangover later that night that I would go the extra day just to be sure.)
I have been told that some people assumed this project to be a well-intentioned improbability. (Less charitable language has been used, but that was the gist.) I can’t say that was an entirely inappropriate assumption, at the time. I have also been told that I make it look easy. Though flattering, I don’t know how I feel about that – I think it might even be true, but I assure you that ‘easy’ is not a word I would use to describe this.
As for the future, my decision for now is to continue not drinking. I think that is the wisest decision. I don’t predict I will stay quit for my entire life; a relapse at some point down the road is almost an inevitability. Or maybe not? But accepting that it might happen, thus preparing myself for the possibility of dealing with it, seems a healthier attitude than denying the possibility.
And I still want a beer. :p
