The Importance of Knowing Why You Want To Get Sober

What is calling you to change?

One of the most painful parts of my last few years of drinking was the feeling that life was passing me by. Drinking and smoking in a beer garden in the city center again I mourned the alternatives that could have been that weekend.

I could have been out for dinner on Friday night. Woken, feeling fresh the next morning, and met my friend for a walk in the woods. Saturday night I could have gone to the cinema. Sunday I could have lounged around somewhere, reading the news and eating breakfast. In the afternoon I could have baked a carrot cake and have a bath before getting ready for the week.

I knew exactly why I wanted to get sober. What I didn’t know then, was why I drank. And until I understood both whys, I couldn’t achieve my dream of living sober.