Sober – Six Month Milestone
I’m still amazed at myself for being over my sober six month milestone
Crikey, how long??? how did I get here? my sober six month milestone? I have decided I am not going to torture myself for not writing regular posts anymore, I began this for pleasure and self-awareness so, logically, it is more for when I feel the need to write more than stressing about getting content out don’t you think?
Having said that, letting things go for over a month you can well imagine I have L.O.A.D.S to get off my chest and tell you. However, for today I am coming in with a great big bang.
I made it! I officially reached my sober 6 month milestone
Do you want to know the best bit? Talk about signs of clarity and being on the right path (that is another rabbit hole I am heading down). It landed on my birthday. I had no idea and wasn’t keeping an eye on the tracking.
Just a few days before a friend asked me how long it had been and when I checked, there it was telling me my 6 months sober milestone was on my 49th birthday.
Things I have noticed
On this day, I was flying home from another sober holiday in Turkey. That day has become pretty significant to me now, we flew, it was my birthday but also my 24th wedding anniversary. Most of all though, the significance was when, on that morning, I happened to pick up the last of the books I had taken with me to read “Signs” by Laura Lynne Jackson.
This is where my rabbit hole began and I will explain in depth in a few days.
On this holiday, the first few days once again, were a little challenging. I got the old romantic notions of how nice it would be to have just one prosecco by the pool. Or whilst sat looking out to sea. Fortunately in Turkey, they are not big drinkers themselves and I discovered lots of frozen nonalcoholic drinks. These hit the spot and helped me to fade my uncomfortable feelings as the days went on. The frozen, very cooling drinks along with the secure knowledge that I can still do everything I want to do helped me stay strong. As I relaxed into it, chatting to lots of people, and singing (yes sober Karaoke is becoming my thing) we discovered lots of things to do, all with a clear happy head and mind.
Recap on not so sober hubby
As you know, my hubby has not quite embraced my sobriety as being a good thing. Although credit where it’s due, on traveling home, he congratulated me on reaching 6 months. It was said with feeling in all honesty, and I was very impressed.
You are waiting for it, aren’t you? Sadly I will not disappoint. It was later that day, it became clear to me that he thought that was it. ‘Hadn’t she done well reaching 6 months’ ‘What an achievement’. This was as I was being asked if I wanted anything from the supermarket as he was going to buy his wine reality struck me.
Let it go, I told myself. But regardless of me stating these words “I am done drinking” twice whilst away, I understood that I had not been heard.
What are the pluses of my sober six-month milestone then?
- I have clear skin and a clear mind
- my energy has been boosted (as long as I stay off the sugar and carbs)
- I have no mood swings
- Being perimenopausal I no longer have sweats
- I rarely get any headaches
- unintentionally, I am controlling my weight better
- I have no hangovers
- I seem to have fewer illnesses
Lastly, motivation is back. I feel I have become more at peace with myself which is the creme de la creme of a sober experience.
No More Anxiety!
So, if you are reading this and feeling inspired and you are a little sober and curious, perhaps now is the time to give it a try. #Stopober has become a real thing, just like dry January. Alcohol is poison at the end of the day. Finally, I believe it is dawning on the world how bad it is for you. Recognising that it’s no longer the fun happy experience we are told to believe.
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