TWO YEARS!

Suddenly realized it has been two years since I stopped drinking.

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Well- what can I say. Two years ago when I was looking forward to this moment I probably would have expected a longwinded post about the trials and tribulations. In fact I can say that things are honestly fine now and there hasn't been much of a struggle. What's kept me sober for this long was that during withdrawal I told myself if I can just get through this withdrawal, not drinking will be the easy part. I was also looking forward to the fact that post-acute withdrawal syndrome can last for 2-3 years and to fight through it.

Life is quite swell now and not drinking allows me to focus on reading books, going to the gym, and career climbing. I am WAY better now and really don't have much to complain about!

Went to a meeting today just for goodluck and didn't expect that they gave me a chip and a huge pat on the back. It helps to just think of myself as a nondrinker, someone who doesn't drink when I happen to be at a function where alcohol is around.

Not drinking levels up your health, your spirituality, your wallet, your wisdom, your relationships, your fitness--virtually everything. What will keep me sober the next few years is trying to get to that third year past Post acute withdrawal syndrome, lrising myself to a higher level of consciousness by keeping my mind ritually pure, and the Harvard study that says that people who are sober for 7 years are likely to be sober for life.

IWNDWYT!

P.S. I've stopped smoking weed, nicotine/tobacco, and caffeine as well.

I'm monk mode.