r/stopdrinking 468 days 1d ago

Sobriety - a cautionary tale

460 odd days ago, I stopped drinking.

460 odd days ago, my wife lost her drinking partner.

Directly or indirectly, so did her parents, my sister, brother in law and a number of friends.

Today, we have had a get together of 10 of us and what would have been a very boozy get together (historically double figure bottles of wine plus various other) has been a very gentle affair where the grand total is 2 bottles of wine and a half dozen bottles of beer.

All of that because I stopped and others followed....

So a word of caution - your (and my) sobriety can have positive effects way beyond your own little world.

Ladies and Gentlemen of the sub, I raise a glass (of hot chocolate in my case) and salute you all - Be you on day 1 or day 1000 - and say once more IWNDWYT

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u/shananigans1978 543 days 1d ago

I love this for you (and me 😊). Several of my closest family members all chose sobriety around the same time I did, including my husband. We celebrated Christmas with said family yesterday and we had an absolute blast - no booze required. I know not everyone is this lucky and I am grateful for it every day. I am still in disbelief most days that I am living a sober life and I am happy and thriving. I never thought it possible, tbh. Glad you have a solid circle OP - thanks for sharing ❤️