On sobriety

Late August, I went to my first wedding since becoming sober. The couple were very inclusive, for the most part I didn't have to ask for something non-alcoholic, it was an option already there. (the one exception was they offered orange juice as the alternative for the speeches, and I can't drink orange juice because it's a migraine trigger, so that couldn't be helped. They got me a glass of Shloer).

It was a beautiful ceremony, gorgeous landscape, wonderful food, everything you would want from celebrating a friend's love.

I didn't even really notice I was sober, if that makes sense. It wasn't a big deal, because I was catered to. I spoke about it as I was with a friend who also recently went sober, so we were discussing sobriety, different ways of recovery (they're doing AA, I'm not), what the first few months are like, things like that. But my sobriety never felt like I was missing out. I didn't miss alcohol.

It reminded me that I've not really spoken publicly about my sobriety. Mostly because I don't see it as a huge deal. But I am proud of myself for going sober, and I want to talk about it, now I'm 9-10 months in.