𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐊𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐍𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐂𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐒𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐓𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭.

(𝘗𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦! 𝘞𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳, 𝘭𝘦𝘵’𝘴 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘧𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘴, 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵.)

Here are a few lessons I’ve learned from over 3 years of consecutive sobriety and over 6 years sober since 2013.

1. Accept temptation is normal, urges, cravings don’t mean anything, just noise from your reptilian brain.

2. Play the tape forward- Think beyond the tastes and immediate sensations to hours later, late at night, the next day. (My last hangovers I noticed a difference for 5 days and eventually PAWS months later...)

3. Focus on your “WHY?” Alcohol doesn’t make anyone better in the end, period.

4. Create your EXACT plan. Hour by hour. Half hours, 15:00.

5. Have FUN. Do the best enjoyable things you can right now, I know many are under irrational government control right now, we still have access to fun options (proven since we are on here....).

6. Substances beget substances. If you know sobriety is best stay away from THC, or other substances you know will personally trigger you.