r/stopdrinking • u/stupre1972 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/bendnado970 1132 days 1d ago
My older brother (15 years older) told me he was inspired by sobriety. That people can really turn their lives around. He still drinks here or there, but not nearly to the extent that he used to. He said drinking was an escape, and it made him feel like he had to escape. Not anymore. I think being sober inspires people, but also scares some too. Just be true to yourself and your journey. The right people will follow your light, and the others will run from it.