Thanks, Influenza!

After a whirlwind holiday season that had a metric fuckton of mental gymnastics about why drinking was totally fine, the universe bestowed upon me the gift of the flu.

(Normally I’d justify a ‘hot toddy’ for my sore throat, but this flu has me on the ropes.)

4 days of living on tea and cough drops with no alcohol in sight or even on my mind has been such a relief. Like a hard reset for my brain.

I feel horrible, but at least it’s not because I drank.

Forced sobriety. This could just be the cold meds talking, but I’m really grateful for being taken out of my routine of drink/feel like shit/lie to myself/drink again.

Happy New Year, everyone. May we all get what we need, even if it’s the flu, to keep us sober.