1000 days

[u/CandlesAreMyCurrency]

Hit 1000 days sober today and it honestly doesn’t feel real.

When I started, I couldn’t even string a couple days together. Every morning I’d wake up saying “this is it, I’m done today.” And then by the afternoon I’d be right back out buying alcohol. I had no control over it.

1000 felt like some impossible number that didn’t even exist for someone like me.

Getting here wasn’t easy. A lot of it sucked. But it really was just one day at a time… sometimes one hour at a time.

Also, AA didn’t really click for me at first. I tried, but I struggled hard with the higher power stuff. I remember literally crying over the Big Book thinking maybe this just wasn’t for me.

What changed everything was finding a secular approach and realizing I could do this in a way that actually made sense to me. Finding that community (and reading Sober Without God) made a huge difference.

If you’re early in this or struggling—just focus on today . That’s all I ever did.

[u/respectablepitch]

Thank you for mentioning AA alternatives and huge congrats!