"It gets better" isn't just a cliche. Take it from me.

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I recently celebrated my third year of sobriety. I hate all those cliches like "One day at a time" but this one really resonated with me. I'm not one to count the days, weeks, months, etc. but something happened when I hit 3 years. Up until then, not a day wet by when I didn't think about drinking, how much I missed it, and anger over the fact that my family did an intervention. Sometimes, I thought about drinking off and on the whole day!

But when I hit the 3 year mark, I sort of closed the door on the old drinking me. I've resigned myself to the fact that I'm just no longer a drinker. Now I go whole days without ever thinking about it. There's so much to do that fills my day--I don't have time for that to slow me down. And I'm sick of wallowing in self-pity. I want to be known for what I do, not what I don't do.

So all you folks who are new to clean living, it does get better. Just hang in there! I never thought I'd get to this stage, but here I am!