Life feels limitless without alcohol

Truth bomb, I never actually thought a life without alcohol was possible for me. When I was drinking, I always held a skeptical intrigue towards people who didn’t drink. They seemed like aliens to me. Alcohol is literally everywhere and we are conditioned our entire lives to think it’s a necessary ingredient to business, dating, relationships, and socialization, therefore I genuinely didn’t know how these people did it.  And I definitely didn’t think I could do it myself.  Even when I would try to moderate my drinking (only wine, only 1 drink per sitting, or only drinking on the weekend with others, etc.) it never seemed possible to just give it up altogether.  

At the same time, throughout my experience in various recovery circles, these sober people were always talking about how they were living a life of their wildest dreams. I used to roll my eyes at these kind of sentiments.  Living a life of their wildest dreams? Ok Bob, sure. 

But I get it now.  

Because when I decided to stop drinking and work on my sobriety, my wildest dreams did start coming true.  Quickly.  In the past 2 years I’ve been amazed at the speed at which things have been falling into place for me.  I do not consider any of this a coincidence.  For me, the magic of choosing an alcohol-free life meant that I removed one hell of a self-imposed limit on myself.  I’m *literally* doing the thing that I convinced myself for years I could not do.  If that’s not a kick-start to boundless confidence, I don’t know what is. 

I was raised to be achievement-oriented, and I’m proud of what I have accomplished for myself.  But I’ve since realized that I was only letting myself get to a certain level of personal success and development while I was hindering myself with alcohol.  Now that the barrier has been removed, I find myself laughing some days at how little scares me and how convicted I am that my wildest dreams can and will continue to come true.  Sobriety has been the quickest way to level up. 

I dare you to do the thing that scares you the most and then see how your life changes.