This morning, my amazing wife pointed out that I hadn’t marked my days sober like I use too.

11 months sober and life has never been better.

The other day it marked been sober for 11 months and I didn't realise until the next day.

Since I stopped drinking last April, I had been marking each day off to remind myself that I’m getting better and stronger.
The last couple of weeks I haven’t been marking the days, not because I fell “off the wagon” but because I haven’t spent a lot of time thinking about being sober.
It’s freeing knowing that alcohol no longer controls my life. Since giving up alcohol life has gotten so much better, not that it wasn't great before but normally I was too drunk at night to realize.
We bought a house that we have fallen in love with, work has become so much easier and I'm producing higher quality work.
Something I would never have had the time to do due to drinking is to create my passion project - a cooking show! Which I’m really proud of and it’s now starting to find its legs.

Another bonus is, I've lost 20kg!
My wife has been beyond amazing to the point of not drinking to support me too.
I also shaved off my shitty neck beard to help remind myself how much things have changed.
My beard was a sign of laziness and how much I had lost focus on things.
If you feel like you’re stuck in the trap of drinking too much, just focus on not drinking one day at a time.
I constantly remind myself whenever I’m tempted that “If I don’t drink, I won’t feel like shit tomorrow”.
Today is 342 days since my last drink.
Thank you all of your ongoing support!