I can’t wait to have that kind of time man. Everyone knows me as the guy that doesn’t drink but only my close family knows that just 20 months ago, I picked up and ended up in the ER/detox just 8 days later.Whenever I think of drinking again I think of the darkness I associated with it. It’s like when I was drinking the world was always dark and raining. The last 3 years (which was a relapse after 3.5 yrs sober) I honestly didn’t enjoy alcohol at all, I felt completely powerless to something, like I couldn’t prevent my hand picking up the bottle.
Those thoughts really help refocus me on how much I never want to go back there. Been 5 and a half years now but I’ll never be complacent about sobriety.
Stay strong brother
So for them, they still worry here and there, even though it seems like forever ago and I’ve come so far. But I imagine 5 years and they will remember it only as a small blip in time that is ancient history.