Last Drop Blog

• It gets easier. Always a good reminder for those early on their sobriety journey. It truly gets easier. Never “easy”.
• So much time and energy was spent drinking or being affected by my drinking in my past life. Remembering my life hungover is still enough motivation to stay sober in itself. That shit sucked.
• It is your life and no one else’s. You realize that more and more as you decide to make serious changes for the betterment of your own self.
• It is far easier to talk about with friends, family, strangers. I think part of it is people are more aware of the negative impacts of drinking and part of it is just getting older.
• You wont know your left from your right until you get serious about removing detrimental habits from your life. There comes a point in time where it is crucial to ask yourself what is serving you and what isn’t. You do not have enough time to be involved with the things that dont.
• Love truly comes from within. You cant look outward for really anything in this life. Life gives you what you need not what you think you deserve.
• The sooner you sit with your shit the sooner you learn from it. Your problems aren’t going anywhere if you keep running from them.
• Everyone is battling something. Everyone must work to be happy. Comparison is the thief of joy. You likely have attributes that others admire and vice versa.
• You are not meant to be happy all the time. I now believe everyone should experience periods of loneliness and isolation to truly learn about yourself. When you feel the “uncomfortable” emotions you are being taught lessons.
• Life is difficult without close and meaningful relationships. Life is more difficult with only surface level and meaningless relationships.
• There are tons of good mocktail and non alcoholic drink options out there.
• I value clear mindedness way more than I ever thought I would.
• Life is short. Dont wait to make changes. You already know deep down what you need to do for your own good.
• The advice you find yourself giving to others in times of need will 100% work if you apply it to yourself as well.
• Feeling healthy both mentally and physically removes a lot of general stress. These are things you can work on today, right now.
• Confidence stems from staying true to the promises you made for yourself.
• It is your life do whatever you want to do with it. Dont live it for someone else.

If I can get sober you can too. If you think you have a problem with drinking, you likely do and thats ok. It is not rare to have a negative relationship with it. Is it worth the time and energy to become “a better drinker” or is your time and energy better spent improving your life in different ways?

I spent a long time trying to improve my relationship with alcohol while still drinking and it got to a point where I saw no benefit in doing that. I was and still am far better off removing it from my life entirely.