I Am Not an Alcoholic: A lot of things changed for me when I stopped drinking

I Am Not an Alcoholic: A lot of things changed for me when I stopped drinking

I hated my first taste of alcohol and wondered how grown-ups could drink this stuff. Yet we still go on to try it again and again

Philters review - Being sober doesn’t mean a life without cocktails! - ScullyVision

One only need look around to see that sobriety is not just for people who are in recovery anymore. A lot of folks have chosen an alcohol-free lifestyle for a variety of reasons, including physical health, mental health, and, in a world where our President seems hell-bent on making us all broke, financial health. The list is long, and with artisan seltzers and mocktails on just about every menu, abstinence from alcohol no longer means abstinence …

–“I didn’t want to get involved with an alcoholic,” the guy I was living with at the time told me. “What the f**k is he talking about,” I thought. Me? An alcoholic? I love the Francophone culture, I drink expensive wine in restaurants, I take care of my looks and I’m a vegetarian. Wine is my element, my life, and all the world’s diplomats drink this way. And he’s simple, provincial and doesn’t know anything about anything. He was the first and l…

Once an alcoholic, always an alcoholic

“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.” (Matthew 11:28)