(Image from the movie Zombieland)
My first Hive blog post was about my journey towards sobriety. Looking back, I think it's kind of interesting I choose such a personal topic. At the time I didn't really know many people on Hive so picking that as my first topic was a relatively strange decision.
How long has it been?
Well it's been over year since then. To be exact, it has been 507 days, of which 363 were workingdays.
(Note: You can calculate this yourself using the days and networkdays formula in Excel. The order of the dates varies by the formula used. (1) If you get a negative day number it probably means you put the dates in the wrong order. (2) If you get an error you probably have the date as text; you need to switch the text in the cells used to a numerical format. If you want to use Google Sheets, it also has iterations of these formulas.)
Was I successful?
Not really. I have come full circle since then....a few times. The cool thing is I am back to sobriety; this time around I feel a lot better about myself. The insomia of quitting is still the same. It's getting better though, I can feel I am almost through.
So where do I go from here? Endless sobriety or will I fall back into my old habits?
In the past I have left it open to return to these habits once "I got it together." I don't want to do that this time. One thing that changed was I noticed how much happier my spouse was when I quit. I didn't notice this in that past.....but I did this time and that's all that matters.
I think this is the end of my relationship with alcohol, the relationship with my spouse is more important. I need to remember this is an uphill battle though, Alcohol is addictive and it's widely available and socially acceptable where I live; I am trying to move against a culture of drinking...easier said than done.
Will I be successful?
Who knows? I can't predict what the future will bring. But at least my commitment to try is on chain now; my commitment to try to quit forever has officially been immortalized.
Let's see what happens and cheers to the next big adventure,
Hurt
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